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Old Demon (Creative Classic Series)

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Well, we (our class) had to read this story in Literature. It was ok, but it wasn't one of my favorites.
Setting:
by the banks of the Yellow River in China in 1937 when the Japanese were attacking the Chinese.
Conflict:
1. Will Mrs. Wang succeed in saving her village from the river? (main conflict)
2. Will Mrs. Wang succeed in saving her loved one from the Japanese? (secondary conflict)
Rising Action:
While checking the level of water Mrs. Wang's grandson tells her the Japanese are invading China.
During the night, Japanese planes drop bombs on the village
Mrs. Wang makes sure that all of the people she loves are safely out of the village
She helps a man in trouble because his plane crashed.
The Chinese soldiers tell her that the Japanese have killed everyone in a neighboring village, including her brother and that the Japanese are on their way to her village
She sees the Japanese soldiers approaching
Climax:
Mrs. Wang opens the flood gates

Resolution: the flood water kills the Japanese soldiers and saves the people that Mrs. Wang loves.
Falling Action:
Mrs. Wang drowns in the river

Characters:
Mrs. Wang (main)

Well, this book, though wonderfully written, is very boring for most young people of today. Some in the older generation may enjoy how the old Mrs. Wang is able to do so much in her old age, but there's no action or adventure that the youth of today long to read about.

It was neat, because of the way the grandma was, she didn't believe in things unless she saw it. It was cool when she killed the whole army, but I would have been better if she would have been rewarded and live to tell her story. I think this is a good book on the way that old people are and how they think of present day stuff.