Moon Shadow Research Paper

Seven-year-old Moon Shadow Lee lives and works on his family farm in China in 1903. Moon Shadow has never met his father, who left to work in America, and he constantly pesters Mother to tell stories about his dad, the master kite-maker.
Windrider, his father, sends for Moon Shadow to come to America and live with him. When Moon Shadow arrives, his father introduces him to their all-male family abroad: the proud leader Uncle Bright Star, the chef White Deer, the poet Lefty, and Hand Clap, the exaggerator. These men are referred to as the Company since they live and run a laundromat together in the Tang people's village in San Francisco, California.
On Moon Shadow's first night in America, "white demons" (white Americans) throw a brick through …show more content…
Windrider and Moon Shadow find him outside an opium den and save him from being shot by the Justices, the corrupt neighborhood watchmen. But, one day Black Dog beats Moon Shadow up in order to steal the money Moon Shadow has been collecting from laundry customers. Windrider vows to avenge his son and goes to the Sleepers – basically an underground gang – to have a one-on-one fight with Black Dog. Moon Shadow follows. Though Black Dog pulls some shady tricks, Windrider and Moon Shadow come out the winners, but they have killed a man in self-defense. To escape the wrath of the dead man's family, Windrider plans for he and his son to work for Mr. Alger and leave the Tang people's village. The Company warns them of the dangers of living among the demons and gives them parting gifts.
Moon Shadow and Windrider move into a stable behind Miss Whitlaw's boarding house. Moon Shadow likes Miss Whitlaw, even though she is a demoness. After all, she has a cool dragon stained glass window and a stereopticon (a kind of 3D slide projector). Robin, Miss Whitlaw's niece, plays the piano and the ladies sing songs for the Lees. Moon Shadow starts to use his half hour of his free time each day to visit Miss Whitlaw, bringing the gift of jasmine

Show More