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The Moon Essay Research Paper The Moon

The Moon Essay, Research Paper


The Moon is Down Chapter One: Here we learn


that a small town has been taken over by one of the many


Nazi groups during World War Two. Mr. Corell ? The town


good guy?, the way I view it, sent the town postmen and


policemen on a boating trip, keeping them from the invasion


(we learn later that ?The town good guy? is really a


back-stabber later in the book). After the invasion, the


Nazis request a meeting with the town?s Mayor, Mayor


Orden. Joseph and Doctor Winter, two of Mayor Orden?s


colleagues, await the arrival of Nazis too. The two meet


Captain Bentick, a rank lower than Colonel Lanser who is


the one who had requested the meeting. Bentick searches


the home. During the meeting Annie, Mayor Orden?s cook,


becomes very aggravated by the soldiers who wait outside


the front porch of the Mayor?s home, and throws a pot of


boiling water at them. Chapter Two: In this chapter,


Steinbeck explains the characteristics of each of the Nazis.


Major Hunter, an engineer, ?arithmatician?, and seemingly


indifferent to the fact that he is a soldier. Captain Bentick, a


family man, was old and kind. Bentick also has certain


admiration to the English. Captain Loft, a young man, took


much pride in the fact that he was a soldier. He dreams of


his own death on the battlefield, where he is respected.


?Lieutenants Prackle and Tonder were snot noses,


undergraduates, lieutenants, trained in the politics of the day?


(Quoted out of the book; there seemed to be no sense


putting it in my own words since it was right there, and


couldn?t have been worded any better). Colonel Lanser


takes much pride in what he does. To me, he sees life as an


order given by a higher rank that must be taken out. It is also


in this chapter that Captain Bentick dies by one Alexander


Morden, a town dweller. Chapter Three: The chapter begins


with a discussion between Annie and Joseph, who are


talking about Alexander Morden and the death of Captain


Bentick. Joseph reveals to Annie what he surely thinks will


happen… ?They?ll shoot him?. Annie is rejecting the awful


thought. Unfortunately it is true and Alex will be tried. Molly


Morden, Alex?s wife, met with the Mayor because of a


rumor that had been circulating in the town. ?You wouldn?t


convict Alex would you??, the replies, ?No?. To the


Mayor?s anger he found that he did have to sentence Alex to


death; luckily he managed to shirk the awful duty. Chapter


Four: This Chapter is very brief, it simply goes into Alex?s


trial, where he IS convicted, and shot in a public area.


Because of Alex?s death, the Mayor requests Annie to keep


Molly company in her time of Mourning. Chapter Five: This


snow begins to stick, and the Nazis begin a friendly


discussion that turns into a bitter argument of being home for


Christmas and when the war will end. Chapter Six: The


chapter begins with a description of the town. The streets


are quiet, lights are turned out, and fear is about. Annie


arrives to the home of Molly to keep her company and to


catch her up on current events. Mayor Orden will be arriving


to her home soon to speak to her and the Anders? will be


leaving that very night. When she left, minutes later, Molly


heard a knock at the door. She thought of Annie and what


she could?ve left behind or forgotten, but it was Lieutenant


Tonder. Molly turned straight to her own defense by asking


who he was and what he wanted. Tonder explained his


feelings toward Molly, and Molly although seemingly


flattered, she became bitter because of the death of her


husband. She calms down and apologizes for her behavior.


She then begins talking about her husband and how he was


killed. She then tells him that he was the one who was told


to publicly execute him. When

Tonder remembers, he


becomes crushed because he realizes the is no chance for


the two of them to remain friends even though their


relationship had only lasted minutes. Tonder leaves and


Annie enters. ?You haven?t joined them have you?? Molly


replies, ?No Annie, I haven?t?. With Annie come the Anders


brothers and the Mayor. The two brothers tell Molly how


they plan to flee and who they will take with them. ?We?re


also taking Mr. Corell; it?s only fitting if we also take his


boat.?. The group began putting their heads together to think


of some kind of retaliation. The Mayor tells the Anders


brothers to tell people of what has been happening and to


bring back defensive and offensive weapons. Tonder comes


back and knocks on the door; Molly quickly rushes the


group outside the backdoor not to be seen. Chapter Seven:


To me, this chapter is what I think of as the turning point in


the book. The chapter begins with two soldiers going back


and fourth with meaningless dribble. One of them spots


planes high in the sky. The planes begin to drop little devices


with blue parachutes attached. The Nazis begin to fear what


these packages are. Still some men go on to open them, and


inside them reveal plans for a revolt. It gives directions on


how to sabotage the railroads made by the Nazis. A meeting


was then held about these devices (The Nazis were afraid to


open them). When opened, Colonel Lanser?s anger raged to


find the directions to the revolt. (At this point, Steinbeck


reveals Tonder is dead as a result of coming back to Molly?s


home. ?Tonder?s death was of no help to us; he was


lonely?)Prackle enters the room and asks to go home; he


too is scared and lonely, and I believe hewants leave


because these were the same conditions Tonder was in


before he died. Colonel Lanser tells him he can?t leave, and


he may do whatever he wants to the girl he disires as long as


when he is asked, he will shoot her. Mr. Corell enters; he is


in pain and various bones in his body are broken. ?The same


night Tonder died, I was waylaid,? he said (obviously by the


Anders). ?the two escaped in my boat, the patrol saved


me?. Mr. Corell is angered by what happened to him so he


requests that Mr. Lanser place Mayor Orden and Doctor


Winter under arrest and placed to be hostages because the


two always seem to be at the scene of the crime. Mr. Corell


is sure this will stop if not slow down the revolt. Chapter


Eight: News begins to spread of the Mayor?s arrest. Even


children found the devices with the blue parachutes while


playing. They ate what food was in the package and hid the


dynamite and told the parents where they stored it.


Widespread search for more packages began by both sides


of the war. Annie is working on the house and sees Mayor


Orden in his room guarded by a soldier. Doctor Winter


enters with another soldier. The speak of what may happen


to each other. Not surprisingly, they hadn?t spoken of death.


Finally the subject of death is brought up. The two began to


move away from the subject of death, and began to


reminisce about old times. They recalled a quote and the


Mayor began to recite it. Through the quote he left out


words or forgot them and Colonel Lanser corrected him as


he quietly entered the room. Prackle barged in as the Mayor


was reciting, but Lanser did not let him interrupt the Mayor.


When he was done, Prackle told Lanser finding men with


dynamite. Lanser tells the Mayor that this must stop, but he


is denied. Not because he is angry, but because he has no


control of the people. Mayor Orden told Lanser the people


won?t stand for being conquered they will fight, and they will


be driven out. They begin to here explosions of rebellion,


and the Mayor leaves the room awaiting his execution.

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