Walk Two Moons

by

Sharon Creech

Mr. Cadaver Character Analysis

Mr. Cadaver, Margaret Cadaver’s husband, is deceased and never appears in the novel. Phoebe spends much of the novel convinced that Mrs. Cadaver murdered her husband and buried him under a rhododendron in her backyard. But Mr. Birkway eventually shares that Mr. Cadaver actually died when a drunk driver hit his car. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Partridge, was blinded in the accident.

Mr. Cadaver Quotes in Walk Two Moons

The Walk Two Moons quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Cadaver or refer to Mr. Cadaver. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Judgment, Perspective, and Storytelling Theme Icon
).
Chapter 33 Quotes

I started wondering if the birds of sadness had built their next in Mrs. Cadaver’s hair afterward, and if so, how she got rid of them. Her husband dying and her mother being blinded were events that would matter in the course of a lifetime. I saw everyone else going on with their own agendas while Mrs. Cadaver was frantically trying to keep her husband and her mother alive. Did she regret anything? Did she know the worth of water before the well was dry?

Related Characters: Salamanca “Sal” Tree Hiddle (speaker), Phoebe Winterbottom, Mrs. Margaret Cadaver, Mrs. Partridge, Mr. Cadaver
Page Number: 207
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mr. Cadaver Quotes in Walk Two Moons

The Walk Two Moons quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Cadaver or refer to Mr. Cadaver. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Judgment, Perspective, and Storytelling Theme Icon
).
Chapter 33 Quotes

I started wondering if the birds of sadness had built their next in Mrs. Cadaver’s hair afterward, and if so, how she got rid of them. Her husband dying and her mother being blinded were events that would matter in the course of a lifetime. I saw everyone else going on with their own agendas while Mrs. Cadaver was frantically trying to keep her husband and her mother alive. Did she regret anything? Did she know the worth of water before the well was dry?

Related Characters: Salamanca “Sal” Tree Hiddle (speaker), Phoebe Winterbottom, Mrs. Margaret Cadaver, Mrs. Partridge, Mr. Cadaver
Page Number: 207
Explanation and Analysis: