Moon Shadow's Decision

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What were the circumstances of the decision?
Karana had to choose to either kill the wounded dog in revenge for killing her brother or help him and gain trust and a friendship with him to survive
Rachel had to choose from being honest and speaking up for herself or hide in silence and cry about how the ugly red sweater is not hers, even though everyone was convinced that it was.
In Dragonwings, Moon Shadow had to choose from staying with his mother and help out with the farm in china, or going to the Land of the Golden Mountains and be with his father but possibly be killed.
How Easy was the decision to make? Why?
The decision was difficult for Karana because
Once a girl, Sylvia announces that she thought it was Rachel’s sweater, Rachel immediately knew she needed to be respectful so she didn’t talk back to the teacher even if her teacher wouldn’t believe her.
He really wanted to be with his father no matter the obstacles but, this made Moon Shadow's decision hard. Due to the family’s past experience with the land. “ My own grand father had been lynched about thirty years ago by a mob of white demons almost the moment he had set foot on their
She gave him food and water and every day she would care for him even though he did not trust her. In the end Karana gains trust from the dog. The quote above states how she wanted revenge but instead, she followed her heart, “THat night I stayed in the house. Before I fell asleep, I thought of a name for him, for I could not call him dog. The name I thought of was Rontu, which means in our langue fox eyes.”
Rachel kept pushing and pushing the sweater to the top of her desk to the point when her teacher Mrs. Price made her put on the sweater. Since Rachel did not speak up for herself, she was “humiliated” and started to cry until one girl, Phyllis Lopez finally said “ I remember, the red sweater is mine.”
Even though Moon Shadow wants to be with his dad, his mother did not let him due to what previously happened to Moon Shadows grandfather. HIs grandfather was lynched, who lived there which they referred to as white demons. This stopped him from traveling to the Land of the Golden Mountain. Also when he would ask about the land he questions were always denied. “ Any time I would bring up the subject of the Golden Mountain , mother suddenly found something going wrong on our farm.”
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