The Moon is Down Favorites 2

            In my last blog, I was talking about my favorites of The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck.  I already mentioned my favorite quote but also my favorite character.  My favorite quote was, “If he considered God at all, he thought of Him as an old and honored general, retired and gray, living among remembered battles and putting wreaths on the graves of his lieutenants” (Steinbeck 20).  My favorite character was Alex Morden.  Now I will talk about my favorite scene and my favorite page in the novel. 

            Let us see, my favorite scene in The Moon is Down is when Annie, the cook, throws boiling water at the soldiers.  “From the doorway came the sound of an angry woman’s voice, and a thump and a man’s cry.  Joseph came scuttling through the door. ‘She’s thrown boiling water’, Joseph said.  ‘She is very angry’” (Steinbeck 17).  This actually made me laugh because in my mind I pictured a red haired, bigger lady chucking boiling water out the door and then shutting it real quickly.  Just thinking about it makes me chuckle.  If I was in her position where there were a bunch of Nazi soldiers standing right outside my door, I think I would do the same.  It would be scary to have someone outside you do not know, let alone a whole group. 

            Going along with this scene, my favorite page in The Moon is Down is definitely the same page with the above quote.  It is humorous and entertaining to hear about a grown woman throwing boiling water at people who are outside of her house.  Later down on the page, “’Was anyone hurt?’ Lanser asked. ‘Yes, sir, scaled, and one man bitten.  We are holding her, sir’” (Steinbeck 17).  Reading this line makes me giggle because I cannot help picturing Annie biting a soldier.  This was my favorite part along with throwing the boiling water throughout the whole novel!

Steinbeck, John. Novels, 1942-1952: The Moon Is Down ; Cannery Row ; The Pearl ; East of Eden. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 2001. Print.