Walk Two Moons (chpts. 19-34)

Ever since Mrs. Winterbottom left her family, each and every one of them has been affected in a different way. First of all, out of all the Winterbottoms, Pheobe has been affected the most. Her wild imagination leads her to believe that her mother has been kidnapped by this potential lunatic, who is actually Mike Bickle. Pheobe also tries to connect the strange quotes that she finds outside her door, on her porch, to the, supposedly, "kidnap" of her mother, and uses them as clues. She becomes really frustrated, depressed, and is nervous a lot of the time. As for Mr, Winterbottom, I think that he is depressed, also, but tries not to show it. He may even think that his wife might of cheated on him an ran off to another guy. Then, Prudence, is basically sad about it, but, in the book, she doesn't really show it.

Sal compares her own family with the Winterbottom family because now, Pheobe and Prudence's mother, also Mr. Winterbottom's wife, has left the Winterbottom family, somewhat like her mother had left her father and herself one April morning. She also sees similarities between Pheobe and herself. They both are depressed, sad, and frusrtrated when their own mother leaves them, except the fact that Sal didn't make up things about her mom being kidnapped by a potential lunatic. Sal also thinks that her father and Pheobe's father seemed like they were depressed and troubled by this turn of events. The only difference, is that her father knew that his wife wasn't cheating on him or anything like that.

When Salamanca learns from Mr. Birkway, that Mrs. Cadaver didn't really chop up her husband, but he had died when a drunk driver hit his car. Sal also learns that Mrs, Partridge had survived the accident, but had lost her eyesight. She probably feels a bit guilty for partially believing what Pheobe had said about Mrs. Cadaver and her husband. She also feels sorry for Mrs. Cadaver and Mr. Birkway for the loss of her husband and their mother becoming blind.