Literature Circle #1

Chapters 8-12

Emmery Smith and Zoe:

Dear Ammah

After your capture from the emperor  I had a bit of an adventure with Yishan. I told him all about what happens when you were taken from me. I told my friend Yishan about the story of the paper of answers. After the story we settled to look for the dragons pearl in the City of Bright Moonlight. On our journey I grew the feeling of devastation as I watched what was once our home parish in ash from the fire that damaged our home. Yishan found a quilted jacket in a box with a green jade bracelet in what was called your room. I wondered why i've never seen it or why it was secret. But still I challenge myself and am determined to find you. I miss you Ammah

Love, Pinmei

This sentence tells us that the emotions of his body were mad, and that means a metaphor. We feel like the sentence is explaining that the other soiler was not sharing his food to Amah and that is why the soiler get really mad of the other soiler that they are supposed to share their food.    

Sterre : As they got closer, they saw how unlikely that was. The stones of the hut were charred, while the remains of the burned chairs and tables lay strewn on the floor. Ash flew like a dying moth. 

Even though this looks like a rather simple section, we feel like this expresses more emotion like a metaphor. The sentence “Ash flew like a dying moth” may indicate that she has seen dying moths and that she is trying to connect the dying moths to the “dying” house to show that, that house was everything for her, and that loosing her hut was like loosing a key part of her life. We feel like the word choice in this section is not too exaggerating  to where the reader does not understand what happening.

It's about someone having a problem but doesn’t know how to solve it because she gets too overwhelmed and can’t speak up like Pinmei, but then someone helps her with it which in my opinion represents Yishan.

Emmery and Elsa:

A book that we read that is the same written by the same author is called "When the Mountain Meets the moon." In both books they mention the old man of the moon in chapter 2. When the sea turned to silver they describe the old man of the moon as a spirit that is only in the area of the mountains at night. When you look at the moon at night you can sometimes see him.

In when the "Mountain meets the moon" the man is persuaded to be a man who lurks in the night and an immortal master who has a strong connection with the moon. The focuses on both stories are the same because they see the man as someone important and mysterious because of the control and connection he had with the moon as if it was a part of him.

After I got taken away I missed you and Pinmei so much, I hope you are all okay and safe and find the dragon pearl soon but don't worry so much about me. 

I am kept as a prisoner in a dungeon, but I am not all alone, there is a man next to me, he is a stonecutter. It reminded me of the story of the stone fish. I told him the story, and it turned out he was his ancestor. The stonecutter’s talent has been passed down by his ancestors. We are lucky that we are kept as prisoners and don't have to work or get killed by the king. I miss you and Pinmei, but I am going to make the best of it and I hope you will be safe and tell a lot of stories to each other. I know it is hard for Pinmei but try to be there for her when people ask for a story.

Love Amah