Dragonwings by Laurence Yep: Book Review
Dragon wings theme essay
By Daphne Miller
Have you ever read a story that you fall so in love with that you can’t put it down. Well let me tell you Dragon wings is that kind of novel. In this novel by Laurence Yep you will find it starts out with a young boy named Moon Shadow. He lives in China in 1903 he has never met his father who happens to be an amazing kite maker. One day a letter arrives in the mail the next thing you know Moon Shadow and his cousin Hand Clap are off on a boat to the golden mountain. He lives there for several years but soon devastation comes to the whole Tang village and town on the golden mountain. For that reason in the book, is why friendship and family really stood out in the novel as main themes, they were seen in every chapter. Shown in every way and showed how even in situations that are unimaginably hard Yep shows that friendship and family can be of extreme importance to even the strongest of people. During Moon Shadows travels on the golden mountain he finds new friends in every way possible. Like shown here with Robin “Each day I feel a little more welcome here, and Robin is surely helping”. (Yep, 89) in this scene and definitely shown in this quote is friendship at its best. Moon shadows slowly starts warming in to his new life even though he’s been there for several years. Yep shows Moon Shadows growing from a young boy with no friends and small sense of family, to friend’s he’ll never forget and family he can’t live without. As Moon Shadow slowly begins to adjust he learns valuable lessons about his friend and family. Not only does Dragon wings portray friendship and family in a very inspiring way, but it really makes you think how would your life be different without it? As Moon Shadow slowly starts warming in devastation soon comes “If only we could find jack, I’m sure his family is missing him, dad come we have to go find him, please.”(Yep, 105) shown in this quote Jack gets lost and most everyone is off looking for
By Daphne Miller
Have you ever read a story that you fall so in love with that you can’t put it down. Well let me tell you Dragon wings is that kind of novel. In this novel by Laurence Yep you will find it starts out with a young boy named Moon Shadow. He lives in China in 1903 he has never met his father who happens to be an amazing kite maker. One day a letter arrives in the mail the next thing you know Moon Shadow and his cousin Hand Clap are off on a boat to the golden mountain. He lives there for several years but soon devastation comes to the whole Tang village and town on the golden mountain. For that reason in the book, is why friendship and family really stood out in the novel as main themes, they were seen in every chapter. Shown in every way and showed how even in situations that are unimaginably hard Yep shows that friendship and family can be of extreme importance to even the strongest of people. During Moon Shadows travels on the golden mountain he finds new friends in every way possible. Like shown here with Robin “Each day I feel a little more welcome here, and Robin is surely helping”. (Yep, 89) in this scene and definitely shown in this quote is friendship at its best. Moon shadows slowly starts warming in to his new life even though he’s been there for several years. Yep shows Moon Shadows growing from a young boy with no friends and small sense of family, to friend’s he’ll never forget and family he can’t live without. As Moon Shadow slowly begins to adjust he learns valuable lessons about his friend and family. Not only does Dragon wings portray friendship and family in a very inspiring way, but it really makes you think how would your life be different without it? As Moon Shadow slowly starts warming in devastation soon comes “If only we could find jack, I’m sure his family is missing him, dad come we have to go find him, please.”(Yep, 105) shown in this quote Jack gets lost and most everyone is off looking for