Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Main Conflict
1. The main conflict is that Minli's Mother is not happy with her poor fortune and is very unhappy all the time. This is making Minli worry and making her feel hopeless.
2. The cause is the emperor of the city is greedy and very difficult to consult about the needs and wants of the people
3. The conflict is brought out when Minli, her father, and her mother come home to their poorly-built house after working in the fields from morning to sundown. The family sits down to eat and Minli's Mother sighs and serves what little rice they all harvested that day. Then Minli's Mother sighs and complains of their poor fortunes.
Setting
1. In a small, poor village in China behind the shadow of a fruitless mountain
  1. Time-Back Then (In the Dynasties of China)
Theme
1. The theme of this story is to be thankful for what you have, because what you may not appreciate can disappear forever in a second.
2. The theme is brought out in the book when Minli's Mother is unappreciative of what she has and that makes what is most important to her disappear.
Characters
1. Minli (Main)
  1. Brave
    1. Caring
  2. Adventurous
2. Dragon
  1. Worrysome
    1. Protective
  2. Gentle
3. Ba
  1. Hard Working
  2. Storyteller
  3. Fragile
4. Ma
  1. Ungratefull
  2. Frustrated
  3. Envious

Resource summary

	Created by Devon Brown over 9 years ago