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224 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2009
”It was the best shot I ever made, and I had done it with my heart beating in the time of Prince Jian.”I just threw up a little in my mouth right there.
”I was not a boy; I was a girl. A girl who could ride a horse with or without a saddle. A girl who could shoot an arrow from a bow made for a tall, strong man and still hit her target. A girl who had never wanted what other girls want. A girl unlike any other girl in China.”I haven’t read the original ballad, so I don’t know if this is how Mulan is introduced to the army as well. However, I actually was kind of disappointed in the knowledge that Mulan already knew everything, because then she had nothing to prove. She already did all these things as well as any other man. In the movie, Mulan knew nothing about fighting or warfare; she had to start from square one, which made for a more compelling storyline for the audience. In this version, there’s nothing here to root for. Which makes her quest to save China from the evil Huns (who get less than one chapter) rather… anti-climactic.
Let's get down to business(Yes they did)
To defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters, when I asked for sons?
You're the saddest bunch I ever met
But you can bet, before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man
out of you
(Be a man)
We must be swift as the coursing river
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon