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Walk Two Moons: Mrs. Partridge
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From: Gibson, Robin <rgibson>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 13:33:18 CST
Ginny Yes, I was thinking of a partridge in a pear tree too. Your comments and those of others about the importance of trees to Sal (and her mother), have spurred my thinking. It is clear that one of the things Sal dislikes so much about her new home in Ohio is the lack of trees in the neighborhoods--but if we think of Mrs. Partridge as a partridge in a pear tree, then she manages to rise above the somewhat bleak urban row house living situation. And the tree that Sal values most is the singing tree--a tree that affirms life and spirit, even though Sal can't see the bird. Mrs. Partridge can't see either, but she does, it seems to me, have a very unique spirit, and is leaving the notes on the Winterbottom's doorstep her form of song? her way of sharing her spirit, her appreciation of life, with others, in the same way as the bird in the tree does?
Maybe I'm getting a little carried away with the symbolism, but I like this image. What do you think? I always liked Mrs. Partridge, and I think Sal did too.
Robin Robin Gibson rgibson at ccmail.uwsa.edu
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Walk Two Moons: Mrs. Partridge Author: CCBC-NET at CCBC.soemadison.wisc.edu at internet Date: 7/14/95 1:20 PM
I wonder if Sharon Creech was thinking about the basic first line from the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" when she chose Mrs. Partridge's name: "...and a partridge in a pear tree." I suggest this because there are multiple ways one might think about "tree" and and/or "pairs" in Walk Two Moons.
Is this too far?tched? My guess owes more to association than to deep understanding.
Received on Fri 14 Jul 1995 02:33:18 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 13:33:18 CST
Ginny Yes, I was thinking of a partridge in a pear tree too. Your comments and those of others about the importance of trees to Sal (and her mother), have spurred my thinking. It is clear that one of the things Sal dislikes so much about her new home in Ohio is the lack of trees in the neighborhoods--but if we think of Mrs. Partridge as a partridge in a pear tree, then she manages to rise above the somewhat bleak urban row house living situation. And the tree that Sal values most is the singing tree--a tree that affirms life and spirit, even though Sal can't see the bird. Mrs. Partridge can't see either, but she does, it seems to me, have a very unique spirit, and is leaving the notes on the Winterbottom's doorstep her form of song? her way of sharing her spirit, her appreciation of life, with others, in the same way as the bird in the tree does?
Maybe I'm getting a little carried away with the symbolism, but I like this image. What do you think? I always liked Mrs. Partridge, and I think Sal did too.
Robin Robin Gibson rgibson at ccmail.uwsa.edu
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Walk Two Moons: Mrs. Partridge Author: CCBC-NET at CCBC.soemadison.wisc.edu at internet Date: 7/14/95 1:20 PM
I wonder if Sharon Creech was thinking about the basic first line from the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" when she chose Mrs. Partridge's name: "...and a partridge in a pear tree." I suggest this because there are multiple ways one might think about "tree" and and/or "pairs" in Walk Two Moons.
Is this too far?tched? My guess owes more to association than to deep understanding.
Received on Fri 14 Jul 1995 02:33:18 PM CDT
