DW: Table 1 by Rebecca Riley https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1 Alfonso, Sophia, Zoe, Amogh en-us 2017-02-13 21:14:07 UTC 2025-10-24 23:02:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png Dragonwings zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/154452977 Dragonwings Q and A Table 1
By: Zoe, Sophia, Alfonso, Amogh


Question 1. Describe Grandmother's idea of the Land of the Golden Mountain 

Answer 1. Grandmothers description of the Land of the Golden Mountain is that she believes the sun warms up the mountain and then gold appears. She says greedy demons scoop the all the gold up into the buckets and keep it for themselves. Grandmother doesn't know how the mountain looks like or anything aboutit that she has seen herself but she just told moonshadow myths and legends that were told to her. 

Question 2. Describe the town of the Tang People. What is its present name? How did Moon Shadow's father and the people of the Tang welcome him when he came? Who was Black Dog and what did he announce was going to happen? 


Answer 2. 
The town of the Tang People is in Chinatown, San Francisco, which is what it is still called today. The houses in it are much like the houses of the Tang People back in China. There are many hills, but no golden mountain, to Moon Shadow’s disappointment. Chinatown is about a mile from the dock. The town has many people selling small things like candies and vegetables. Moon Shadow was greeted by his family, which he had never even met before. He immediately felt a connection with his father, Windrider, who used to be just a man writing from a letter, but now he was a father. After meeting his family, they had a feast in their home and Moon Shadow received many gifts from his family members, such as a kite from his father. Black Dog was the son born of Uncle Bright Star’s second wife. He was a strange man, who despises his own father. He is involved in lots of shady activities, such as gambling. Black Dog’s bad character formed even more when he was gambling and lost all his money, and his ticket back home to see his family. Because of this loss, Black Dog chopped off his right hand--- the one that had held the dice, in anger because he had lost the chance to see his family once in five years. Black Dog didn't get introduced to you in the story just to creep the reader out, he had a purpose the first time you meet him. That purpose was to warn the Lee family. He warned them about the “demons” getting ready to come and beat up the Tang People. Black Dog was right, right after he warned them a brick smashed through their window.





Question 3. How did Windrider get his name? Who was the Dragon King? Describe the dragon's kingdom.




Answer 3.  Moon Shadow explains that Tang men can and do have multiple names throughout a lifetime. Windrider shows Moon Shadow their room. It is filled with small machines that are foreign to Moon Shadow. Windrider excitedly shows Moon Shadow each of the strange machines, including earphones, a crystal set, and electric light in a lightbulb. Windrider decides to tell his son about his name. He goes into a sweeping narrative involving a Dragon King. His memory comes from the first night he spent in America. When he woke up, he was on a beach of jewels with a dragon about five hundred yards long on it. Windrider tells of how he knew that the dragon was an Imperial Dragon because of its five claws, and how the dragon was quite old and badly injured. Still in Windrider's memory, the Dragon King tells Windrider that he used to be a fine dragon, but was punished for immoral behavior by being transformed into a "softskin," or human (3.33). He was punished for trying to extinguish the sun with the force of his wings. Though he has no memory of it, as a dragon, Windrider was the "greatest physician of all the dragons.” The Dragon King tells Windrider that his remaining power lies in his kite-making abilities. He requests that Windrider heal him, saying that the wisdom of how to do so lies in his hands.
Windrider requests the Dragon King reduce himself in size so his body can be worked on. The Dragon King shrinks to about twelve feet. Windrider remembers how his hands knew how to heal the Dragon King. He does indeed fix him. Windrider wishes to return to his natural state as a dragon, but the Dragon King says he needs to wait until his life as a softskin is over. He will be given a series of tests as a human he will need to pass to become dragon again. The Dragon King has nearby soldiers affix wings onto Windrider so he can see how awesome the dragon kingdom is. Windrider uses his wings to fly. The Dragon King takes off in flight, strutting his flying skills. He and Windrider race through the sky to Windrider's home.
Windrider remembers the Dragon King's throne and how amazing it was, full of gems and gold. On the back of the throne was a black stone with the word for sharing on it; the Dragon King used this to speak to whomever he wanted. The Dragon King uses the throne device to contact each of his descendents for a banquet. He then lets Windrider contact someone of his choosing. Windrider picks his wife, and he suddenly hears Mother singing a lullaby to a gurgling Moon Shadow. Windrider decides not to speak to her, as it would only bring a more intense sense of pain and longing. The Dragon King loses a game of dominoes to Windrider and saves the winnings for his future return to the dragon world.
Windrider returns to the mortal world, and thus finishes telling his dream to Moon Shadow. Windrider admits he has no proof that this memory ever happened. Moon Shadow assures his father that he believes in the memory as reality.
Uncle Bright Star throws a wooden carving of a monkey onto Moon Shadow's bed as an embarrassed gift. Moon Shadow keeps its creator a secret from the Company, figuring Uncle would want it that way. The little sculpture is really something, Moon Shadow reflects, impressed by Uncle's rheumatic hands. Moon Shadow falls asleep with the Monkey beside him.







Question 4. Who were the "Old Ones"? How did Moon Shadow and Windrider meet the demon, Mr. Alger? What is it that fascinates Windrider so much? Why?





Answer 4. The old ones were dead family members of moon shadow and windrider. Moon shadow and windier where delivering laundry when they came across a demon (Mr. Alger). Father stopped to see if he could help and the demon needed help with his horelsses. Father then tried to help with it and succeeded. Mr Alger then gave him a card and told him to stop by whenever he wanted to be a handy man. It fascinated windrider because the man was so nice to him because he did a little thing to help the man that was so simple. He also thought that machines were true magic.

















 
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2) To whom did Moon Shadow write, and what was the end result of it?

2. Things aren't going so great for his father, so Moon Shadow takes things into his own hands and writes a letter to the Wright brothers with Miss Whitlaw's help.
Two weeks later, Moon Shadow gets a letter from Orville Wright that includes diagrams and charts about airplane stuff.
Windrider is upset with Moon Shadow when he learns that his son asked for help from the Wright brothers and Miss Whitlaw. He worries that Moon Shadow told Miss Whitlaw about his dream. He crumples up the letter.

1) How did Moon Shadow educate Miss Whitlaw?

1. Moon Shadow tells Miss Whitlaw about demons and dragons. He says dragons are great creatures as well as mischievous. This is how he educated Miss Whitlaw.

]]> 2017-02-27 18:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156520405 Dragonwings Ch. 5 questions 1 and 2 Zoe zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156538353 1. What happened between Father and Black Dog, and what was the end result. 

   Black Dog was hurting and threatening Moon Shadow (Windriders son) which caused Windriders to not get along with Blackdog. On page 114 Tiger General said that Black Dog and Windrider never got along in the first place. Windrider ended up in the same place as Black Dog which caused a fight. One of  B,ack Dogs helpers tried to kill Father but Moon Shadow (who secretly followed Father) tackled him while saving his dad. Father and fought and fought but Father and Moonshadow ended up defeating them with the finishing cut on the back. Tiger General was watching the whole time while saying things like be careful what you do. 


2. Explain the effect of the killing on the lives of Moon Shadow and his father.  

 After  Father killed one of the brothers, people
 will be upset and threaten Father and Moonshadow. People will want to kill Father or harm him so it wouldn't be safe for Father and Moon shadow to live there anymore. Because of this, Father and Moonshadow moved away to work for a demoness named Miss Whitlaw. She treats Father and Moonshadow very kindly and gives the cookies and milk each day. Killing one of the brothers changed the lifestyle for Father and Moonshadow. 













]]> 2017-02-27 19:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156538353 Dragonwings Ch. 5 question 3-Sophia sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156547024 3) Why is the chapter called "Windrider's Claws"?

This chapter is "Windrider's Claws" because Windrider shows the part of him that is still a dragon from his former life. The part of his inner dragon that escaped his control in this chapter was his claws. His "claws" were used when he found out that Black Dog had hurt Moon Shadow. In the middle of the night, Windrider punched Lefty, who had been guarding his bedroom door. He walked in the darkness, unaware that Moon Shadow was following him, to a building next to an alley. He had a hatchet with him, and intentionally started a fight with Black Dog. The aftermath of the fight was a cut on Black Dog's chest, a man dead, and a hit to Moon Shadow's head. This chapter was violent, and showed what powerful dragon was inside of Windrider.

Dragonwings Ch. 6 Q 1
1) Describe Moon Shadow and Windrider's new home. 

Moon Shadow and Windrider's new home is on Polk Street, and the house itself is Miss Whitlaw's old barn that they had cleaned up and are renting from her. The house is not great, not many of the houses on Polk street are, because that street is where all of the poorer "demons" live. The house is on a dirt lot. The kitchen has a table with a red and white checkered table cloth, chairs, a water pump, and an icebox. The house also has  a parlor, a hallway, and a collection of books. Moon Shadow is fascinated by the stain glass window, which he feels sorry for Miss Whitlaw when he realizes that the green creature on it is a dragon. He feels sorry because the dragons that the demons believe in are evil creatures, not good creatures. The house also has a piano on which Robin (Miss Whitlaw's niece) and Miss Whitlaw play songs. ]]> 2017-02-27 19:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156547024 Dragon wings Al chapter 6 question 2 https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156856739 2) What are some differences between the dragons the demoness knew about and the dragons Moon Shadow new about? Some differences from the dragons that the demons hear about and believe in and the dragons the Tang people believe in are one is good and one is bad mainly. What the demons said about dragons was they were bad and killed people just for the joy of it and they like to cause trouble. The dragons that the Tang people believe in are good dragons and do not commit crimes. The biggest difference between the two types of dragons is one is believed to be bad and one is not.]]> 2017-02-28 20:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/156856739 Al chapter 7 question 3 https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/157146065 3) What personality traits do Miss Whitlaw, Moon Shadow, and Windrider have in common? How are they different?They all want to make the world a better place. And at the same time they want to be better people and high achievers and innovate things. There a e also a lot of differences between them one Moon Shadow is Chinese and Mrs. Whitlaw is American. Two they come from different places and are in different situations in life. The different situations are that are Mrs. Whitlaw is living her life normally and is not in danger because of her race and the way she look but Moon Shadow and his father Wind Rider are in danger because I feel their race and n Ed to watch out for danger. different issues they are both very different but still very similar. ]]> 2017-03-01 19:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/157146065 Ch. 9 questions 3 and 4- Zoe zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158463768   What does Miss Whitlaw's reaction to the earthquake show about her? 

When the earthquake hit, Miss Whitlaw showed how kind she really was. She asked Windrider and Moonshadow if they were alright and then she set off to save her neighbors in their crushed houses. On page 208 it states that Miss Whitlaw was everywhere, encouraging here, helping there. Miss Whitlaw, Moonshadow, and Windrider spent hours digging clearings for the people trapped in their houses. They also tried to get everyone to safety. The great earthquake really brought out the best in Miss Whitlaw. 


Why are people running away? 

 Everyone was running away because there  was a fire headed towards Market Street where Miss Whitlaw, Moonshadow, and Windrider were. A demon who was on the street started to explain where the fire is and where it was headed. He also explains how to get to safety. Many other demons and demonesses, including Miss Whitlaw, took his advice and headed to safety. Miss Whitlaw helped gather up as many people as she could (including Moonshadow and Windrider) and took them to Golden Gate Park and everyone stayed there until the fire was put out.
]]> 2017-03-07 19:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158463768 Ch. 10 question 1.- Zoe zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158473650 What is a meaning of this proverb of Uncle's: "The superior man shares his wealth in adversity"? 

  Uncles proverb means that any one who is a thoughtful kind person would give to others when they are in need. In this case, even though Uncle is sick, he is still giving so he decided to give all of his apples to Miss Whitlaw. Uncle showed a true act of kindness.

]]> 2017-03-07 19:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158473650 Chapter 8 q and a 1-3 https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158483627 How does the picnic turn out? 
Robin and Moon Shadow arrange a Saturday picnic for Windrider to test out the latest mock-up.Saturday morning Windrider braids his hair with a special red ribbon that Mother gave him their first year of marriage.Robin, Moon Shadow, Windrider, and Miss Whitlaw take the streetcar to Ocean Beach. There are seals and sand dunes. Robin and Moon Shadow play in the waves.The crew has lunch. Miss Whitlaw has prepared Thanksgiving-like sandwiches with turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing. Moon Shadow brought meat dumplings and various pastries.When Windrider says it's time to test the kite, Robin and Moon Shadow have a brief tiff over who gets to hold the string.Robin, Miss Whitlaw, Moon Shadow, and Windrider take turns flying the glider.They all enjoy the sunset together, and Moon Shadow thinks of the stars like dragon eyes.

Why did Windrider cut the glider?
 Windrider takes out a red strip of paper on which he has written the poem that Lefty had given him and Moon Shadow. He fastens the paper onto the glider like a kite tail.Miss Whitlaw and Windrider agree that it is time to return home.
Windrider swiftly takes out a penknife and cuts the string of the glider, releasing it into the sky. He does it for good luck. 

What did robin tell moonshadow and how it helped him.
She tells Moon Shadow that Jack (the bully with the freckles, remember?) is super-scared of being hit in the nose, or that's what his sister Maisie told her.Moon Shadow considers for a moment and then goes outside.An altercation goes down between Moon Shadow and Jack. Jack starts to chant that horrible Ching Chong Chinaman taunt, and Moon Shadow basically calls Jack stupid.Moon Shadow punches Jack once, and Jack falls down on the ground. He stays down, to Moon Shadow's surprise. The boys behind Jack are stunned.Moon Shadow helps Jack up. He realizes that Jack is a big bully that is all talk.

]]> 2017-03-07 19:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158483627 Al questions https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158483851 4. Why does Miss Whitlaw say, "We see the same things and yet find different truths"? It means people see the same things but find different things about 
what they saw. If someone saw something and another person saw the same thing they could take it differently and think different things about what happened. ]]> 2017-03-07 19:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158483851 Al chapter 9 questions https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158484694 1. What plans do Windrider and Moon Shadow have for their money? 
They want to bring moon shadows mother over to the demon land. They want to do this to be a complete family but it will take a while because windrider and moon shadow are only getting pennies and Nicole's at a time but they need a lot more money to bring her over. 
2. Describe the earthquake as Moon Shadow felt and saw it. 
It was like the earth was a mat that was being shuffled and everything was upside down in the world.
]]> 2017-03-07 20:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158484694 Chapter 10 questions- Sophia sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158488739 2. To where did the people of the Tang move, and why? 
Moon Shadow and Windrider were kicked out of Miss Whitman's tent and were forced to move to the main camp of the Tang people which is Van Ness Avenue that had a warehouse at the end of the street.The very next day the demon soldiers forced them to move to a parade ground at an army fort near the  entrance to the Golden Gate, which is the entrance to the bay. On Thursday, they were moved to the golf course at the Presidio, another army base slightly to the east of the Golden Gate. In the book on page 242, Moon Shadow thinks of it as the "demons" not being able to make up their minds. They were moved around so much because the demon soldiers were kicking out all of the Tang People to a separate camp, because there was no more Chinatown after the fire. Even right after the disaster, the demons required that the Tang People were separated from everyone else.

3. What is the bad thing that balances the good thing (the Company's friendship with Miss Whitlaw)? Explain the recent event/outcome. 

Moon Shadow believes that there are scales in Heaven, bad things that happen are balanced with good things that happen. An example of one of these balanced events is Miss Whitlaw's friendship with the Company, and the other event is the demons taking Moon Shadow and Windrider and moving them to the camp for just the Tang People. At first when Miss Whitlaw met everyone in the Company, they weren't sure about having their dinner with a demoness, but Uncle warmed up to her immediately after he had the brandy she had made. They found lots in common between them and became friends. Uncle even let Miss Whitlaw sit in his throne! In the book it is stated that sitting in his chair is an honor Uncle might not give to the emperor himself. But three days later, that was balanced with a bad event. Moon Shadow and Windrider were visiting the Whitlaws when demon soldiers kicked them out of their own friends' tent and moved them to a camp for just the people of the Tang. Because all of the houses were destroyed, there was no more town for the Tang People, so they had their own camp. After this, they were moved again, and again. Because of all this, Windrider and Moon Shadow have a plan to pretend to move to one of their town's rival cities, and after they get jealous, they might let them stay in the place they want.

4. Where does Windrider decide to move, and why? How does Moon Shadow feel?

Windrider decides to move to Oakland. He made this decision because he wants to pass his final test and become a worthy dragon. Windrider wants to be free, and the only way to be free according to him is to fly. He wants to move because he decides that it is important to think of himself, not just everyone around him. Windrider wants to build a flying machine and become an aeronaut. That way, he will fly and be free. His plan to earn money is to have shows to see him fly, and show everyone how free a man can be. At first, Moon Shadow feels abandoned that his father would move away without saying anything about where he would go, but then found out that his father was secretly hoping he would come along. After that, Moon Shadow felt proud to be Windrider's son.]]> 2017-03-07 20:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/158488739 Chapter 11 question 1-Sophia sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/160150112 1. How does Moon Shadow's new home compare with his last one?

Moon Shadow's new home is similar and different from the stable at Miss Whitlaw's house that they lived in. One similarity is that both of the places they lived in are not houses, one was a stable and the other is a barn. They were both originally built for farm purposes. Both of them had to be cleaned out well, because they used to be homes for animals. The reader can infer from the book that the landlord of the barn that Moon Shadow and Windrider are currently staying in is not as friendly as Miss Whitlaw. The reader can infer this because their new land lord didn't bother to even try to get rid of the smell of the barn, and he did not welcome them like Miss Whitlaw did. The description of the barn and the stable made it seem like the barn was not tended to at all, it also seemed like it was bigger than the description of the stable. Although, the stable seemed slightly more well kept.
]]> 2017-03-15 02:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/160150112 Al https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/160641713 Homework pass. 👍🙃]]> 2017-03-16 19:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/160641713 Zoe-Question 1 sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161269460 Homework pass]]> 2017-03-20 17:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161269460 Sophia- Question 4 Ch. 12 sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161652970 4. What happens to Black Dog? Do you think he get what he deserves? Explain. 

Black Dog was found in an alley with his throat slit and his wallet gone. His coffin was shipped to the company, and that was how they found out. Uncle was effected by this very much because  he was so disappointed to see the person that his son was. I think Black Dog got what he deserved because he hurt, fought, robbed, and threatened to kill his family members. To me, his death seemed like a punishment. Like the author once said in the book, that Moon Shadow believed that bad things are balanced with good things. Maybe this event balanced the event of Black Dog hurting and robbing Moon Shadow and Windrider.]]> 2017-03-21 20:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161652970 Sophia-Question 1 Afterword sophiapizzi https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161683999 1. What do you learn about Lawrence Yep's reasons for writing Dragonwings? 

I thought, after reading the afterword, that Yep's purpose of writing this was to open everyone's eyes to see what the Chinese had gone through during their journey, and how difficult their struggles were, yet few Americans had helped them. Yep wanted to show that Chinese-Americans are just like every other person in this world, yet especially at that time Americans placed them so low on their metaphorical ladder of importance. They must have thought of each group of people were on a lower or higher bar on the "ladder". In the book this metaphorical ladder was not mentioned, but to my belief that is what Americans thought at the time. They might have had stereotypes for people just because they don't look exactly like them or because they speak differently and come from a different part of the world. This opinion that Americans had at the time was extremely unfair, especially considering that the people they thought so little of held together their economy with businesses. If they had left, everything would have fallen apart and the Americans would have realized what they were doing all along.]]> 2017-03-22 00:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161683999 Zoe-Question 3 Ch. 12 zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161909278 The flight was going great. The kite, Dragonwings, was soaring beautifully over the hill. Soon enough father lost control of Dragonwings but managed to get a hold of it once again. Then a minute or two later Dragonwings took control over after. The kite twisted and turned every which way. Father couldn't do anything at this point. One of its bolts snapped and then Dragonwings threw father on the ground. He lye there on his back as Moonshadow and Uncle ran over to check on him. Uncle said his right leg ways broken and maybe to of his ribs but that's all. So the flight of Dragonwings didn't turn out the way everyone wanted it to. ]]> 2017-03-22 17:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161909278 Zoe- Question 3 Afterword zoefortuna https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161915544 2017-03-22 17:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/161915544 https://padlet.com/rebeccariley/table1/wish/162285819 How does Father get Dragonwings to the top of the hill? 

The next morning, the Company arrives and loans Windrider lots of money. The Company helps the Lees pull Dragonwings up the hill, and the Whitlaws arrive just in time.

 How does Father's opinion change in regards to his money troubles? 

 Windrider flies Dragonwings to everyone's joy, but the frame snaps, leaving Windrider with a broken leg and ribs. He realizes that, now that he's achieved his dream of flight, family is a more important dream to him. The Company offers Windrider partnership in the laundromat, which allows him to apply for Mother to come to America. Father goes to China to bring Mother to America. Moon Shadow sits with Robin and marvels at his luck.


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