“This had been temporary, him living this way, with his breasts bound flat and his hair cut as short as his mother would let him. It was so he could take care of his mother, so there would be a man of the house even though his mother had no sons” (McLemore 34)
In her novel When The Moon Was Ours, Anna Marie McLemore inculcates moral values about how being different makes a person irreplaceable, and how the fear to show those differences can be one of the main sources of cruelty. Miel, Sam, and the Bonner sisters play the main roles in this story. Those are the characters who stand out the most, not only for being the main pieces of the story but because they’re different from the rest.
Miel, the protagonist of this book, came from a water …show more content…
The day miel appeared, she saw a little blond girl with a pumpkin. At that very moment, her fear to pumpkins made her collapse and she yelled she had lost the moon as it disappeared behind the little girl’s head. In spite of the fact that Sam was just a kid when he rescued Miel, he perceived her fears and he understood that she wasn’t harmful. He, later, found her a place to stay in. Since then, Sam started hanging moons in the trees to ensure Miel’s safety.The two of them became more than best friends. But of the two, Miel wasn’t the only one who kept secrets. Sam or Samir, was originally an Italian Pakistan girl. In his culture, there was something called Bacha Posh; which means “dressed up as a boy”. The reason why Sam changed his gender was because in his mother had no sons and in order to survive he had to work as well. Although that was temporary, his feelings towards Miel symbolised more than just a friendship. “But when those girls grew up, they became women...that was his problem. Sam was sure of it. He couldn’t be a girl” (McLemore 36). Even though he knew he would spend the rest of his life banding his breast and using loose pants to hide what he had or did not have, he was afraid of showing the world his true self because he knew he would be rejected by society. Especially by the Bonner
In her novel When The Moon Was Ours, Anna Marie McLemore inculcates moral values about how being different makes a person irreplaceable, and how the fear to show those differences can be one of the main sources of cruelty. Miel, Sam, and the Bonner sisters play the main roles in this story. Those are the characters who stand out the most, not only for being the main pieces of the story but because they’re different from the rest.
Miel, the protagonist of this book, came from a water …show more content…
The day miel appeared, she saw a little blond girl with a pumpkin. At that very moment, her fear to pumpkins made her collapse and she yelled she had lost the moon as it disappeared behind the little girl’s head. In spite of the fact that Sam was just a kid when he rescued Miel, he perceived her fears and he understood that she wasn’t harmful. He, later, found her a place to stay in. Since then, Sam started hanging moons in the trees to ensure Miel’s safety.The two of them became more than best friends. But of the two, Miel wasn’t the only one who kept secrets. Sam or Samir, was originally an Italian Pakistan girl. In his culture, there was something called Bacha Posh; which means “dressed up as a boy”. The reason why Sam changed his gender was because in his mother had no sons and in order to survive he had to work as well. Although that was temporary, his feelings towards Miel symbolised more than just a friendship. “But when those girls grew up, they became women...that was his problem. Sam was sure of it. He couldn’t be a girl” (McLemore 36). Even though he knew he would spend the rest of his life banding his breast and using loose pants to hide what he had or did not have, he was afraid of showing the world his true self because he knew he would be rejected by society. Especially by the Bonner