Overcoming Obstacles In Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons

While John Hammond only wanted money, Tom and Sal wanted more of an emotional motivation; However, all three had to overcome obstacles, even if they succeeded or not.

One example of overcoming obstacles is in the story called “Walk Two Moons,” by Sharon Creech. The story is about a girl named Sal, Sal gets mad at Phoebe because she is becoming obnoxious,, then feels sympathy because she could understand Phoebe’s pain as she went through the same thing when her mother left.. Sal realizes she was alone with her struggles, and it helped her with the grief from her mother. She drove a car desperately to see her mother's grave, which is important because it reveals the most important plot point in the story, her mother's death.t showed that Sal was willing to do anything for her mother, but a crucial part is revealed with her mother being dead, which is that Sal did not actually want to “bring her mother back,” as the phrase is stated in the story many times, but instead wanted to see her one last time. She also ends up driving the last stretch of road, which is the most dangerous, by herself. Up until that point, it was stated

He wanted to make money so badly that it drove him to create a dinosaur theme park. It shows that he will make money at any cost, because the risks in making the park were prominent but he didn't care. He loved dinosaurs as a kid, and that lead him to engineering dinosaurs. This also showed that he is crazy in his own way. Near the end of the story, he got scared of a T-rex roar. This very small detail was very important because it caused his own death. He died from the kids that he invited to the park, which was a great example of irony. During the book Hammond says “Soon this park is going to bring smiles to the faces of children all over the world. Well, at least the rich ones.” It shows that Hammond doesn't actually care about the children like he has stated, but really he