Salamamana Tree Character Analysis

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Salamanca’s mother left her, this made Sal desperate to see her mother again. Farah Ahmadi want's to escape her war-torn country with her mom. Bailey wants to get back to the person he loves. However, Salamanca, Farah, and Bailey went after what they wanted and didn't let people get in the way. Salamanca’s mission was to see her mother again. She would do anything to see her mother. “Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle known as Sal is traveling from Ohio to Idaho, in search of her mother,” (Creech, summary). This shoes Sal would do anything to see her mother. Even though Sal longed for her mom she was afraid to see her. “Gram and Gramps knew that I wanted to see momma, but that I was afraid to,” (Hiddle 5). Although …show more content…
She was determined to get out and when she did she drove herself to do it. “Thinking back, I’m puzzled, actually. How did I scale that mountain so easily? I don't know what made me so supple and strong that day,” (Ahmedi 12). This proves Farah is strong because she has a prosthetic leg. Additionally Farah climbed that mountain in the darkness. “Then Ghulam Ali began to march into the darkness with his family, and we trudged along silently behind him,” (Ahmedi 11). This shows that Farah is willing to go to great lengths to get out of her country. Farah found a way to get out of Pakistan even though the gates were closed. “The gate to Pakistan was closed,” (Ahmedi 1). Based on that event this shows Farah is …show more content…
He loved Ethan so much he thought it was his purpose to love him. “My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now—in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly,” (Bailey 63). Based on this Statement it shows that Bailey loves Ethan very much. Bailey wanted to get back to Ethan because his most important mission in all his lives was to make Ethan happy. “I was a good dog. I had fulfilled my purpose. Lessons I had learned from being feral had taught me how to escape and how to hide from people when it was necessary, scavenging for food from trash containers. Being with Ethan had taught me love and had taught me my most important purpose, which was taking care of my boy. Jakob and Maya had taught me Find, Show, and, most important of all, how to save people, and it was all of these things, everything I had learned as a dog, that had led me to find Ethan and Hannah and to bring them both together,” (Bailey 314). His main purpose was to stay with Ethan and take care of him. Bailey fulfilled his purpose in his life and made Ethan happy. “I had fulfilled my purpose,” (Bailey 319 ). This proves that Bailey’s mission was