Summary Of Moonshadow

Jin Wang is embarrassed to even be apart of his family by the way he acts and how he represents their culture. He now can see how hard it is to fit in.

In mythology from all around the world, there is usually a point where humans decide not to listen to a divine being which leads to trouble, and this tale is no different. The people disobey Grandmother Spider, and they decide to first head toward the mountains in the east since they seemed closest. When they get there, many of them are killed by the Comanches, which is why the area is called the Mountains of Blood. Many people also die when they head toward the cold north, and they cannot stay in the west either. Eventually, they head toward the middle land again, and there are only two of them left (Marriott, Rachlin 69-70). This part of the story once again helps to explain the world surrounding the Pueblo people. It shows the origin of how one of the mountains got its name. It is also evident that the Pueblo people viewed the Comanche people they met as violent and antagonistic. This was probably inspired by real life dealings and tensions that they had with the other culture. Many Native

“Well, and I suppose that means you do not want to work on the land and I shall not have a son on my own land, and I with sons and to spare.’ This he said with bitterness, but the boy said nothing” This conversation between him and his son made him finally realize that they wouldn’t carry on their father’s great values, and that is because during the time he was rich he left some traditions behind. Wang lung valued his land and above all he had faith in his gods once again. Traditional values were forgotten by the result of wealthy living, the kids not caring about the farmlands and not understanding the earth gods prove that wealth destroyed ancient traditions.

can get an idea for the respect most of the young people have for their elders. Tao and his sister show a great deal of respect to their mother and

The piece describes what she envisioned her time in China would be like; visions of small talk and drinking tea danced in her head (Schmitt 125). This is a bit admirable to a more reserved person because it shows how outgoing she is when diving into a new culture. However, the reality of a language barrier and day to day behavior settled in. A series of uncomfortable exchanges illustrate the challenge of being accepted into a new culture. Described in the essay are people standing around in bath robes and under garments and popping in and out of rooms like some sort of clown

This sets a dark mood to the story and hints the climax is starting. The reader is told of the evils coming, but there is not enough good in the townspeople for them to all realize the situation.

While on his quest for the gold Milkman discovers moral value in his family history. While in Pennsylvania he loses all of his material possessions, which enables him to realize his life shouldn?t revolve around material items and sparks an interest in his family history. From information he gathers while in Pennsylvania he believes the gold he is seeking is in Virginia. While in Virginia Milkman learns he has family history in the town of Shalimar. While in the town Milkman realizes he somehow feels connected to the people there. This is a feeling he never had in his hometown. This connections reminds him of his feelings when he is with his aunt Pilate. This opens a strong need in him to find out about his family?s past.

During the story when The Misfit encounters the family seeking the old familiar plantation, he becomes like a Christ figure to the old southern woman. The grandmother is scared for her life but she still believes there is some good in the man. During this event, the

His first wife, Double Strike Woman, is the mother of his two sons, called White Man’s Dog/Fools Crow and Running Fisher. Rides-at-the-door also is married to Striped Face and Kills-Close-to-the-Lake, and each wife lives in a separate lodge or home. The children are primarily raised by their mother at a young age, learn about waging war and hunting as they get older. The oldest son, called White Man’s Dog or Fools Crow, is not viewed very favorably as a child, he is teased, considered weak, and not a future leader. Rides-at-the-door heard these comments about White Man’s Dog and did not take his oldest son seriously and considered him weak, until he becomes a man and his father’s opinion begins to change. Rides-at-the-door feared that his oldest son might be morose, even timid, and he had heard talk that he might be a coward. The following quote represents the first time Rides-at-the-door recognizes his son has potential to be a brave hunter, warrior, and leader of the Pikuni. “Rides-at-the-door pulled a burning stick from the fire and lit his pipe, his eyes shifted back to White Man’s Dog, who was telling a story about Napi, Old Man. As he watched his son act out the story, he felt a small seed of optimism grow in his chest” (9; ch. 2). Through the first eighteen years of his life, White Man’s Dog is given little respect from his family or people, and

In the novel A Daughter of Han by Ida Pruitt, the readers are taken through a journey of one woman through her life’s highs and lows. Through the eyes of Ning Lao T'ai-t'ai, readers can truly understand the life of a working woman during this time period. Although life may not have been easy at times, Ning Lao shows the determination and passion she had for her family and for their lives to be better. The life of a working woman is never an easy life but adding in the social rules and opium addiction that effected each part of Ning Lao’s life made it much more difficult.

Place: This story takes places in Indian Territory, in the USA. Before settlers landed on America's shores, Indians resided in what would become Oklahoma ("okla" meaning people and "humma" meaning red, so the state's name literally means "red people")

“One dancer heard Ebens say explicitly ’It’s because of you motherfu*kers that we’re out of work’” was the accusation he made. Vincent was a young man who was about to get married in a few weeks before he was murdered. His father was a Chinese immigrant who worked hard and owned laundry mats, and later served in the military for his citizenship and was later able to bring his wife and adopted son, Vincent, to the free land (Yung). Hung Liu worked hard with extensive research to find that her fellow Chinese people who had been living in America before her had owned many laundry mats and were very involved in the laundry business. When asked by a college in South Carolina to create a piece for them, she designed clothing and had her family create them and this piece later turned into a memorial for the laundry businesses in the South (Riechart).

moon shadow experiences manipulation it is also a bit of jealousy . When he gets to the golden mountain he is introduced to the company he meets black dog. Black dog along the goes down the path of opium and is influenced by it. Moon shadow and windrider both go to find and him and save him from being shot from the americans for taking money from a “fox” a woman. Black dog hits

In the short story, “Moonface” by Jack London, an unnamed neighbor (narrator) of John Claverhouse has a deep hatred for him that grows to the point of John’s death. The narrator describes John as a happy, moon faced man with a “Gargantuan laugh” that was haunting. The narrator, not being able to stand John’s happiness, kills his dog and sets his barn on fire in an attempt to anger him. When his actions don’t seem to faze John, he decides there is nothing to do but kill him. He begins piecing together an elaborate plan involving a dog, Bellona, that he trains to fetch and return sticks. After training her, he offers Bellona to John, in hopes that he will take her, John, being John, accepts her and later takes her down by a lake to do illegal fishing. This was all part of the narrators plan, watching a John throws an explosive into the water. Bellona immediately jumps into the lake to retrieve the “stick”. As she gets out of the water with the explosive in her mouth, John realizes his danger and starts running, Bellona following right behind. The narrator watches in enjoyment as Bellona catches up to him and the explosive blows up, killing John and Bellona. His misery needed to have company and this was his way of getting it.

Following the concept of the novel as an epistolary, the prologue is an extract of the family papers written in India by an unnamed cousin of Herncastle who depicts the events leading up to Herncastle’s looting of the treasury in Seringapatam. The prologue plays an important role in informing the readers that before the Moonstone goes missing from Rachel’s boudoir, it is foremost stolen from the Indians by an Englishman. By beginning the novel with a “striking… scene of brutality and greed committed by an English soldier” (Free 347), Collins sets the tone of his argument for the rest of the novel. The fact that it is an Englishman who commits the crime is crucial. This is significant because Collins was writing The Moonstone during the height of British sovereignty in India and he begins the novel with an Englishman, not an Indian, as