The Golden Moon

Bijoy Babu

Language Arts

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The Golden Moon

There are many enchanting books out there. One of them is a book called "Many Moons", which is written by James Thurber is a story of a marvelous castle and in that castle lives the Princess Lenore, a very ill Princess Lenore. Here in the castle also lives the father of the princess, the king, who is doing everything in his power to make his daughter better again. "Many Moons" is a simple Romance and as you read through the story you understand what romance is and how important it is to care for others. Imagine if you were the king. You would have lots of trouble in your hands, especially if your daughter wanted the moon!

So, if you were really the King, what would you do? Well, you can tell that the story is a romance you know that it will end o.k. at the end. You know that every romance nce upon a time" phrase in the beginning. There are many types of features that make Many Moons a romance. First of all the mild Conflict is in the beginning where the Princess is sick and the king is in great sorrow. The Mild conflict continues when the King is still worried and starts calling the Royals of the castle. The King is still worried and sees if he can find a cure for the princess from the Royals after his daughter finally says: "I want the moon." What kind of answer is this? We don't know why she really adores the moon but maybe she has a real passion for the moon. The mild conflict keeps going on until finally the King is getting to depressed. You know what happens there, here comes the Hero, the Court Jester. He is the one who saves the Princess at the end but we are not there yet. The court jester, if you didn't know yet, is supposed to do everything possible to cheer up the King and his family. No while the king is sad, he is playing his flute to cheer him up. They have to make complete fools out of themselves but they are very wise indeed. It is true that they learn all the secrets of the castle and not only the castle but the King and his family as well! It sounds like an easy job, but it is harder than you think. The conflicts finally end when the Princess gave the Court jester a very brilliant idea when she said that the moon was a small gold thing floating in the sky. So, the Court jester goes to the goldsmith, makes a little golden coin and gives it to the Princess. She is so thrilled and so is the King, but he faces yet another challenge. The moon isn't really the gold coin and she will see the moon again this night. After the king and the royals are finally done arguing just like how the did when they were trying to figure out how to get the moon. The Court Jester is peeking inside the room of the Princess and finds out she is crying. The Court Jester can have different feelings and he is very sad now. He can fell the emotions of the Princess and is worried. You soon discover that the Princess knows that you can never take away the moon from the sky, because it always comes back.

The characters are very wise in the story, and each have their own role to make the story true. They are very rare people in the story and are of high ranks. In fairy tales you don't really here about the Royals or the Court Jester that much, but in "Many moons", every character has the equal part to show off their role. We start of with the main character that you could say is the Court Jester. He is very wise and like what it said on the top, he knows the secrets of the kingdom and the King's family. He really knows almost everything. Even though you think he makes a complete fool out of himself, he is wise, smart and knows what to do. The Next person is the Princess. Very ill in the story but you could tell that she is very cheerful, pleasant and intelligent. Even though she is only about 8 years old she has a lot of emotion and heart. She knows that you can take the moon out of the sky and that is absolutely right. The King is our third main character and also has lots of soul for his daughter. Now that the princess is sick, he is very sad and gloomy, always in an uncomfortable position. He always trusts the Court Jester to make him happy and also to make his daughter happy as well. The last main characters that we look at today are the Royals, who include the Royal mathematician, wizard, and chamberlain. All these characters have something in common. The are all smart. The king calls all these Royals to the thron and tries to figure out how to get the moon to the princess. All of them let the King down, but they tried their best. These are all the characters in the story.

There are a lot of symbols in the story, one of the symbols is the rasberry tarts that the Princess eats in the beginnning and that is how she gets sick. That is one symbol, the next symbol you would already know. This one is the golden moon that the Court Jester makes. This symbolizes the passion of the moon from the Princess. Why do you think she loves it so much? We don't know, but she truley loves it a lot and it makes hwer happy. The court jester made it special and even made it into a necklace for her. The last symbol is the King, he is a big symbol in the story and has lots of devoetion and care for the Princess. He should think that everybody else should help him try to figure out how to fix the problem but we think he is worrying too much. Anyway, they solve it at the end and it ends happily. There are other symbols in the story but these are just a few of the main ones.

The last part in our story is the conclusion, that is what we are in now. The whole story rapps up into the main moral. To help others in need and to never give up or let them down even if they ask for the impossible. He is a very caring father and has lots of support but being a King is hard work. Thier is lots of love in this book and heart. This book can really touch someone and is brillaintly detailed, you would think it is some kind of baby childrens book but it is much more than that. Just think about the story. Little children love their parents jusst as parents love their children. Just believe if you could help someone in need. You would feel glad in the the end. Just like how the Court jester felt as he looked out the window and saw the moon wink at him.