Literary Analysis (Walk Two Moons Ch. 35-44)

I think Gramps allowed Sal to drive to Lewiston all by herself since that's mainly what they came here to do, see their mother. Gramps knew that although Sal didn't want to leave Gram, she really wanted to go see her mother and wish her a happy birthday. Gramps wouldn't leave Gram at the hospital alone and Sal wanted to go to Lewiston to see her mom. It's a good thing Gramps taught Sal how to drive very carefully; she didn't have any problems on the road. I think Gramps made the right choice though, I would have done the same thing. I would have let Sal go by herself because I trust her and know that she really wants to go visit her mother. If I were Sal, I would have left and driven very carefully. Although I do not know how to drive a real car, I would have driven the car if I were Sal. I would have done anything just to see my mother again.

Since no one in the Winterbottom family knows when and why Mrs. Winterbottom is coming back, they all react differently. Phoebe is both mad and scared, probably since she knows that Mrs. Winterbottom is going to come bak with the "lunatic", Mike. Phoebe thinks that her mother is having an affair. Prudence, on the other hand, is very excited that her mother is actually coming home. I guess it's because she doesn't know as much as Phoebe. Mr. Winterbottom's reactions, however, are a mix of Phoebe's and Prudence's. He's scared and confused, yet happy.

Mrs. Partridge's visit with the girls shows that the messages in the white envelope were actually with good intentions. Mrs. Partridge had Mrs. Cadaver copy down the good quotes from the newspaper and put them into an envelope, which Mrs. Partridge then left on the front step of Phoebe's house. When Phoebe and Sal see that it was Mrs. Partridge leaving the messages, they know that it wasn't the "lunatic" trying to mess with the Winterbottom family. I think that the quotes were actually a good idea. However, I think Mrs. Partridge should have shown who it came from or that it had good meaning.