Character Analysis: The Girl Who Drank The Moon

Someone once said, “don’t try to be perfect, just be honest.” What this quote is trying to say is that it takes bravery to be both honest and full of love. It’s better to be truthful with yourself and others than to try to be perfect because no one can be perfect. If you try to be perfect, you won’t have real loving relationships. Slob, a realistic fiction book by Ellen Potter, is about Owen, the protagonist, finding more self-esteem and forgiving the person who killed his parents. The fantasy book, The Girl Who Drank The Moon, is about a girl who’s growing up in a web of lies. Everyone tries to protect her by telling her lies, instead of the truth, which she needs. Love, bravery, and honesty can bring characters together. Characters provide love for each other during hard times. An instance of this is in the book Slob is when Owen’s parents die when he was young, and he has to accept the fact that the person who killed his parents will go unpunished. One example of how characters provide love for each other during hard times is when Zelda, a 911 operator, decides to adopt Jeremy and Owen: “We had nowhere to go to, no relatives, just a grandmother in a nursing home. Zelda stepped up and she’d take us in” (Potter 131). When Owen called the police to report what happened to his parents,

Not only in Slob, but also in The Girl Who Drank The Moon showed how characters provide love for each other when needed most. This is shown when Zelda adopted Owen and Jeremy, and when Luna helps Xan get the help she needs for her health. Another example of this is when Jeremy tells Owen about Nemesis not being able to work and when Xan talks to Luna about her magic for the first time. Also, this is shown when Owen visits the store his parents were murdered in, and when Luna goes on a dangerous journey to save Xan. As one can see these pieces of evidence show how love, bravery, and honesty are needed in