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Chapter 41
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 hears the crow warn her but can’t stop running. She drinks the moonlight and it makes her feel more alive than ever. As she drinks, she realizes that the green glow ahead is Xan, who is somehow a bird. She sees Antain and sees that he’s kind, but he has a knife. The madwoman races toward Luna’s blue and silver magic until she catches sight of Antain. She sees Luna’s blue glow approaching and watches Antain lift his knife. Luna says she’s not a Witch. Antain, Luna, and the madwoman all leap, and the sky fills with birds.
By drinking the moon and connecting with her magic, the magical things around Luna start to make more sense. As Luna’s extended family network converges on this spot, it’s important to note that this happens as Luna declares that she’s not the Witch—one of the only truthful things that Luna knows at this point. With this nugget of truth, everyone can begin to figure out how they relate and where to go from here.
Themes
