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Chapter 29
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Girl Who Drank the Moon, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Family and Love
Storytelling, Censorship, and Control
Memory, Forgetting, and the Future
Sorrow vs. Hope
Summary
Analysis
Luna is terrified. She has her map, but the shadows scare her and she can feel the mountain churning. She trips and falls into a muddy ravine and the crow tells her he told her so. Inside of Luna, she feels something happening. She’s always felt clicking gears, but now, it sounds like a bell and the word “magic” is real to her. Something itches in her pocket, but she ignores it. Luna knows that both she and the volcano should be sleeping, but she also knows that Xan needs help. She knows that everyone must die someday and remembers asking Glerk what happens when people die. He told her, simply, “The Bog.” Luna knows that Xan is dying and pushes on. The crow warns her, but Luna falls as the rocks give way.
Again, what drives Luna on this journey is her love and concern for Xan, her chosen family. However, now that she also knows that the word “magic” is real, she can begin to better understand her place in the world and can remember those instances in which Glerk and Xan tried to teach her about magic. Then, by remembering what Glerk says happens to people when they die, Luna is able to start reconciling her sadness that Xan will die with the knowledge that she’s going to the Bog, somewhere good.
Themes
