Moon Shadow Analysis

The story begins in the Middle Kingdom which is what the Chinese people call China. Moon Shadow is afraid of the demons, which is what they call Americans. Moon Shadow is afraid of demons because his mother told him about how the demons lynched his grandfather. Moon Shadow’s mother doesn’t like to answer his questions about America. The Tang people refer America as the Land of the Golden Mountain. Moon Shadow has never met his father and the people in the village call him a maker of marvelous kites. Moon Shadow gets to finally go to America because his cousin, Hand Clap brought a letter from his father. Hand Clap tells Moon Shadow about the demons and how mean they are. Moon Shadow arrives in America and he arrives in the Company building.

Each one of his relatives gives him a gift and when Black Dog arrives, he gives Moon Shadow a knife. He warns them about the drunk demons. The demons throw a brick at the window and the window breaks. They leave and they clean up the broken glass on the

When Moon Shadow takes out the trash he meets three demon boys and they throw garbage, vegetables. and stones at him. Moon Shadow keeps the incident to himself. Moon Shadow writes a letter to the Wright Brothers with Miss Whitlaw’s help. When Windrider finds out that Moon Shadow wrote a letter to the Wright Brothers, he gets upset and crumples the paper. When Windrider flattens the letter he tells Moon Shadow to write another letter. They go to Ocean beach and they have Thanksgiving sandwiches for lunch. Moon Shadow asks Windrider if he can fly a kite, but Robin wants to fly the kite too. They decide to take turns flying the kite. When Windrider and Miss Whitlaw decide that it is time to go, Windrider releases the kite by cutting the string. Robin tells Moon Shadow that Jack hates being hit in the nose. Moon Shadow punches Jack and he feels like he won’t get bullied by them again. They go stargazing on the patio and they share their knowledge on constellations and they compare their myths. A week after the Feast of Pure Brightness, an earthquake happens. They dress out of their sleepwear and look at the wreckage. They decide to help all the survivors and the use chair legs as