Walk Two Moons and To Kill a Mockingbird are two really good book. Between these two books they hold many similarities and differences. For instance they are both told in first person and they are both told by girls. These are just two of the similarities that they hold. Walk Two Moons is told by a girl that is about 11 years old and To Kill a Mockingbird is told by a much younger girl about the age of 6. Those were some various differences among these two books.
Scout is the narrator in To Kill a Mockingbird and Sal is the narrator in Walk Two Moons. Scout and Sal are both adventurous. Sal goes with her grandparents on a road trip across the country and meets a new friend, Phoebe. While Scout deals with growing up and hanging out with her brother and Dill. “He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.”- To Kill a Mockingbird- Scout. “… My grandparents came up with a plan to drive from Kentucky to Ohio…”-Walk Two Moons-Sal.
Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird, shares what she sees and hears not always understanding what she is reporting on. When her dad, Atticus, is defending a client, Tom Robinson, She doesn’t fully understand what the trial is for and the meaning of what all is happening. “This was as much as I heard of Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination, because Jem made me take Dill out. For some reason Dill had started crying and couldn't stop;” Dill later tells that he didn’t like the way Tom was being treated and that is why he was crying. Anyways, Sal in Walk Two Moons she is a little older and has a better grasp on life. When Phoebe’s mom disappears Sal doesn’t think that a lunatic took her like Phoebe does. ‘Phoebe said to me, “If I see the lunatic once more, I’ll phone the police myself.” Sal doesn’t think that the lunatic took her mother, but Phoebe does.
These two narrators describe things in great detail. For instance, “Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning; ladies bathed before noon, after their 3 o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer.” This quote is from To Kill a Mockingbird. “The waves splashed up on our clothes, and the sea gull flew in circles overhead, calling in one great chorus, as if they were glad to see us.” This quote is from Walk Two Moons. Both of these quotes show how much detail Sal and Scout use.
These two books have a lot in common and a lot of differences. I have enjoyed reading the books. They took me on different many adventures.
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