http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29756.asp
I really liked this website because it didn't just give the story that is known by Disney, where Mulan goes to war and when she returns she is praised and falls in love with the captian. It tells of the poem that originated in China. This site points out that Mulan went to war and fought long and hard; but when she returned she resumed her position as the girl of the family. I realized that she knew her place, even when it seemed wrong to everyone else. Before the war she did the chores of the lady, but when her father needed her she took on the role of the man, and when she returned home she immediately knew she was needed back as the womanly role.
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So I just looked at the website on the story of Mulan that you looked up and what I found really different between Disney's movie Mulan and the poem of Fa Mu Lan (which i noticed they even spelled her name a couple different ways) was that in the movie they made it seem like Mulan and the other soldiers were gone for like 6 months not even a year but in reality according the poem Mulan was gone for 10 yrs which I thought was pretty cool, so I agree with how you said she fought long and hard... it was just a lot longer than Disney tells it.
ReplyDeleteLarissa,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you about this link! I am also very happy about you being an ancestor. You really do have a strong voice. I am sooooo proud of you!