Walk Two Moons
By Shron Creech
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Judgements
Mrs. Cadaver
Mrs. Cadaver is judged throughout the novel by Sal and Phoebe. Like on page 22 and 23, when Phoebe shows Sal how spooky Mrs. Cadaver is; " 'And that hair--don't you think all that sticking-out hair Is spooky? And that voice--it reminds me of dead leaves all blowing around on the ground.' " Phoebe judges Mrs. Cadaver based on her looks, before she even gets to know her. Another one is on page 85. " 'Maybe there's something hidden under the bush,' Phoebe said.
'Like what?'
'Like Mr. Cadaver--as I told you before. Maybe Mr. Birkway helped her chop up her husband and bury him and maybe they were getting worried and decided to disguise the spot with a rhododendron bush.' " Phoebe let's her imagination go loose at this point. She questions where Mr. Cadaver is and blames a murder on Mrs. Cadaver. These misjudgments are proven wrong when, on page 254 and 271, Mr. Birkway clears the air and tells them that Mr. Cadaver died in a car crash.
Mike Bickle
Mike Bickle is judged as a lunatic from the start. On page 43 to 45. " 'Sal, do you detect any sigs of lunacy? There doesn't appear to be any place he could be hiding a gun. His jeans are really tight. Maybe he has a knife tucked into his socks.' " This is when the girls are first introduced to Mike, and they think he's lunatic, when really, he's just looking for his mother. Also, on page 118. " It was Phoebe's lunatic, coming straight toward us, staring right at us. He stopped directly in front of us, blocking our way." Farther down it says; "Phoebe pushed him, yanked my arm, and started running." This was when the lunatic was trying to catch up to them again, but the girls were to afraid to talk because they thought he was mad. Little did they know, Mike was not a lunatic, just someone looking for his mother.