The more I blog, the more I realize what my life's passion is. Wait, what? You think that blogging is my life's passion?! Heavens no! I just keep realizing that I would much rather be doing that than this! Silly people who read my blog...
When I read the synopsis of The Moon is Down I thought that the hero was going to be blatantly obvious. It really was not though. After thinking it through I found that I usually think there should be just one hero, but in this case it was a whole group of people! The townspeople of the story saved the day for themselves and got work DONE! Woo! As I said in my response to question number three, the people of the town worked together to reach their common goal. As a hero you can not always work alone. All of the greats have sidekicks. What would Batman be without Robin? Probably sad, but that is beside the point. The people in the story come together and work hard for something the believe in with all of their hearts!
Of course at first they are not very good at doing this because they have never had to fight off invaders before. Everything in life is new to you at some point. I guess that is just a roundabout way of saying the first time is never easy. For example: Jenni and I went to drum major camp this summer and thought it was going to be the best thing EVER. It turns out we were wrong. Our first two days were horrendous and we wanted to leave so badly but we knew we could not do that so we stuck to it and finished out the week strong! And by strong I mean with more toned calves and sweet sock tan lines. We never actually know if they finish clearing out the soldiers but we do know that they deserve our respect for being that courageous and awesome!!!
Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. New York: Penguin Classics, 1942. Print.
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