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Wednesday 28 January 2015

Mark of the Dragonfly Literary Essay

If you find something that isn't yours, the right thing to do is to return it. That is what I think The Mark of the Dragonfly (cover of Mark of the Dragonfly) by Jaleigh Johnson (picture of Jaleigh Johnson) is about. The Mark of the Dragonfly is about a girl named Piper and her friend Micah. Piper finds a girl in a meteor (meteor) storm (thunderstorm) while Micah is hurt from a meteor. She takes the girl back to her house (She's an orphan) (Annie) and helps her because she had fainted in the caravan Piper found her in. She's trying to return the girl to where she lives (the Dragonfly Territories) even though that's the place that killed her father (bloody sword). As I said before, I think The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson is about doing the right thing and returning something that you find to where it belongs.

Early in the book, there is some evidence (Detective) that doing the right thing is crucial. Piper fixes a music box (jack-in-the-box) her friend Micah brings to her. She knows that it is the right thing to do, so she fixes (Hammer) it. For example, "'Look, you said to fix it, so I fixed it.' Piper said crossly. 'Stop bothering (noise) me and try it out.'" It works good as new and Micah thanks her (the reason he came to her is because she's the town's machinist)(Hephaestus, Greek God of The Forge). She also advices Micah who to sell the music box to. She also tells him who to sell a copy of "The Wizard of Oz" (yellow brick road) which she thinks "'Can't be a good story (Book) though-that picture doesn't make much sense.'"

Also in the story, in the fields (farmer), Piper finds a girl with the mark of the dragonfly. She knows that it's the right thing to do, even though she was under the protection of the man who killed her father , King Aron (A king), so she takes the girl to her house and starts cooking (frying pan). For example, "An arm fell across Pipers lap. With great effort, she held in a scream (a mouth)... And for the second time that day, Piper was checking for wounds." The reason that it’s the second time is because Piper was checking Micah for wounds (band-aid) (he also got hit by a meteor). This shows that Piper cares about all people (stick figure), not just herself.

A little (dwarf) later in the book, the girl reawakens and has a panic (screaming person) attack. For example, the author wrote, "'No, no, keep it away!' she cried. Her voice was terribly hoarse (a horse)-Piper could barely hear the words...'Listen, the scrapper (the Pokemon Scraggy) you're punching is the one who saved you!" Piper then begins cooking soup for her and Anna (frozen movie cover) (the reason Anna is called “the girl” in this section of the book is that Piper doesn’t know Anna’s name yet). This shows that she cares (a heart) about Anna and she wants to help her.

Always (the abominable snowman) return something that you've found. This is important everywhere. It helps maintain balance (balance scale) with the universe (black hole). If something is lost (the cover of knuffle bunny by Mo Willems) and you've found it, it's YOUR job to return it. The Mark of the Dragonfly (insect) helped me realize that.

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