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Prose Analysis, Thursday 7 am.

The Analysis of Novel entitled “MOONDIAL” by Helen Cresswell

PLOT

Introduction

Minty was aware that she was a witch or have sixth sense. In Summer holidays Kate (her mother) decided to sent Minty to stay with her old friend, aunt Mary. They live in opposite of Belton’s house which has a statue of sundial in its garden.

She could feel strange thing in the garden, feel cold air pass her.

Point of Attack

When her mother come back from the village, she had accident which turn her to stay in hospital. She is in comma.

Complication

Minty became cold and sick after knew the accident. Then she wanted to go to hospital.

Her aunt said that tomorrow they will go with mr. Benson. He often came to minty’s house and played computer games with her.

Complication II

Minty went to Belton house. She met mr. world, a gate keeper. He said that he often heard children crying and Minty was coming to help them, but Minty didn’t understand it.

Complication III

She went in the garden and suddenly she was in another place with different time. She met Tom, a boy from different time, some years ago. He is a ghost. She became his friend. Then, there was a man called tom, he come toward him. He hit Tom, Minty come to them and tried to stop. She hiot thye man, but both Tom and the man disappeared.

Complication IV

Mintry come to the house again and met a girl called the devil, she is sarah. Many of other ghost were afaraid with her. But the girl was afraid with Minty.

Complication V

Tom told minty about the girl. That she is fromm different time with him. So, three person were come from different time but meet each other. They agreed to help sarah, because all ghost really afraid with her and call her the devil’s child.

Complication VI

When minty in hospital she told the doctor to make recorder for her mother so thet she can hear a story of minty from headphone. The doctor agreed.

When she come house, her aunt said that Miss Raven, an investigator and had written a story about ghost will stay with them. Minty becamne afraid with Tom and sarah.

Complication VII

Minty told tom about miss raven. Then she and tom agreed to help Sarah, but sarah were afraid with them. Because She thought they will be afraid of her face with birthmarh which the other called her the devil’s child.

Climax

Tom and Minty promise to help Sarah and will meet in the night. Then they saw Sarah standing alone then there were many people with mask around Sarah. Sarah was afraid, screamed and run. Minty and tom hold her. And the devil will come at the midnight.

Resolution

Minty told her to go back to the pool and drop the lamp to into the water. When the clock begins to sound at twelve hours midnight, so that they shut their eyes and not to open. Because if they open, the devil will get them.

Sarah look at mirror and see the beautiful face of hers. She is not a devil anymore. Then Tom find Dorrie. The game was over. They are not trapped again in the time.

Characters

1. major characters:

· Minty Cane

A girl having sixth sense

Quotation: “Minty Cane had known she was a witch, or something like it, since she was small. She had woken at night to see shadowy people moving silently across the floor of her room” (page 2)

- Brave girl

After she feel that there was something in Belton’s house, she always went there to investigate.

A curious girl

“ I wanted to ask you, do you know anything about that moon-sundial?” (page 42)

- Friendly and kind

When she met tom she then make a friendship with him.

Page 12

(we’re both real!Minty said softly. ‘what’s your name?)

- Smart

Page 23

(And at that moment Minty had the idea. She moved nearer to he mother, and began to whisper.

“Mum, I’m going to tell you a story………………………)

Then Minty explain her idea to make recorder for his voice telling a story. The doctor said that was wonderful. Her mother will listen through headphone and listen the only one voice she wanted to hear.

- Obedient girl

Page 26

Then aunt Mary called and Minty went to help her get Miss Raven’s room ready.

· Tom

- He is sick and thin

Page 13

He pulled his thin body up straight and tall, but then began to cough painfully

- A boy about twelve

Page 13

‘How old are you?’ Asked minty.

‘Don’t know. About twelve. I suppose, he answered.

- friendly

page 12

what’s your name?

Tom, he said. Short for Edward.

- a ghost

page 13

She found herself hitting the empty air! The man and Tom had disappeared.

- care

page 13

I miss little Dorrie. She is seven or eight, and when I am a footman I’ll bring her here.

· Sarah

- Afraid

Minor Characters

Aunt Mary

- Kind

(page 30) you have grown, she told Minty, then said to kate, ‘She will have the same room that you always had.

- Well treating person

(page 6) go over the house, then. See if World is there, at the lodge. He likes children.

Kate

- Good mother

World

- Good person and very kind he likes children

Miss Raven

- Mysterious woman

Mr Benson

- Care to Kate and Minty

· Setting

(Place)

- Aunt Mary’s house

(Page 3) they went upstair and Kate helped Minty to unpack her suitcase. Then they came down for the lunch that Aunt Mary had cooked for them.

- The church

(Page 4) She was near a corner of the church and she look up at the trees.

- The garden of Belton house

(page 10) “The garden” She said

- Belton house

(page 15) later that afternoon, Minty went to see inside Belton house.

- Hospital

(page 15) And she run out of the room, through the hospital and out to the car without stopping.

- The kitchen of Belton house

(page 21) the kitchen was full of people…..

- Gravestone

(page 25) she was standing near a small gravestone

- Breakfast room

(page 37) this is the breakfast room….

- Curch yard

(page 56) then she went on to the churchyard…..

- Bedroom

(page 39) they were in bedroom….

· Time

- On summer

(page 2) so for the summer holidays she decided that Minty should go to the village of Belton….

- On July afternoon

(page 3) the July afternoon was hot and still,…..

- In the morning

(page 8) “ Mr Benson will take us to the hospital this afternoon” Aunt Mary told her at breakfast the next morning.

- In the afternoon

(page 15) later that afternoon, Minty went to see inside Belton house.

- At night

(page 16) Dark! It was night!

- In the afternoon

(page 24) Minty went back to the gardens that afternoon…

- Half past eleven

(page 27) at half past eleven she got up…

- After lunch

(Page 32) so after lunch minty had to take Miss Raven to the garden.

- Tea time in the afternoon

(page 34) During tea that afternoon Minty ate silently.

Point of view

This novel uses third person point of view because the writer’s position is only tell the story and rarely refer to her.

Theme

The theme of the story is adventure. The adventure of a girl who has sixth sense and involved with ghost who has problem trapping in sundial.

Symbols

Moon-sundial

This symbol refers to Greek names, Chronos and Eros.Chronos means time. While Eros is love. That was a fight between time and love. Tom who love his sister will win the battle fighting time. When the time come he will win and the time come with Minty’s coming. Tom will free from trapping in that time.

The extrinsic side

Biographical side,

This story is related with Belton house, a national trust house and garden in Lincolnshire which can be visited by the public. The idea in writing is from the place. This is a children’s story. We know that Helen Cresswell started writing in the age of seven, so, it influenced her to write about children.