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Additionally, Gram and Gramps made an impact on Sal and helped her to accept her mother’s death. For this reason the author hints that Gram and Gramps wanted to help Sal and that their trip to Lewiston, Idaho was their gift to Sal to help her to finally have a peaceful closure on the death of her mother. This proves that Sal was really close to her grandparents, and they wanted her to be happy. As well as the trip, it really helped her understand the events that occurred in her life. For instance ¨… one day I realized that our whole trip to Lewiston was a gift from Gram and Gramps to me. They were giving me the chance to walk in my mother’s moccasins- to see what she might have seen and to feel what she might have felt on her last trip¨ ( p. 227, Creech ). This allowed her to feel what her mother felt and see what her mother had seen. Because of this it allowed Sal to to finally accept her mother’s death and analyze the events that occurred during the time she was telling …show more content…
The author points out on (page 276) It says one day I realized that our whole trip to Lewiston had been a gift from Gram and Gramps to me.They were giving me a chance to walk in my mother's moccasins.From this I knew that Gram and Gramps were helping Sal to accept her mother's death because Gram and Gramps took there time so Sal can walk in her moccisins.In (Creech 153)”Sometimes you know in your heart you can love someone but you have to go away before your head can figure it out.”The author reveals that when Sal’s mom died it was hard to believe she died,But at the end she accepts her mother's death.So Gram and Gramps made an impact on Sal and helped her to accept her mother’s death. In conclusion ,Walk Two Moons, Sal is impacted by Phoebe's mother.Sharon Creech’s motive for including the theme” relationships impact and change people” was to compare to Phoebe's story.This

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