The Milkmaid and her milk

Book Title: The Milkmaid and her milk
Author:Carol Bamett

Summary: Marsha was a milkmaid and she dreamed the most beautiful blue dress. She planned to sell milk, buy chicks, grow these chicks, sell hens and buy the dress. Then, she would go to the party and get along with the nicest guy at the dance. She dreamed about that and she kept dancing very quickly. Suddenly, her fell down and her milk fell to the ground. Her dream was destroyed.

Analysis:
1.Character
   main character: Marsha
   foil character: her friends, her cows, hens, horse
2.Setting
   Backdrop setting
3.Narrative Point of View
   Omniscient narrator
4.Plot
   Dramatic Plot
   (The climax is Marsha fell down and her milk fell, too. She couldn't make her dream come true.)
5.Conflict
   It seemed like that Marsha planned everything well and she could get the most beautiful dress. However, she should fall down! She couldn't get her dress.)
6.Theme
  Proverb "Don't count your hens too early"

Reflection: This story is cute and funny. Marsha was a girl who dreamed about the most beautiful dress. She made a plan and she could get the dress in the end. However, she fell and her dream destroyed. In the end, she learned that don't count your hens too early. Its ending surprised me a lot because I never think it may hide a proverb in the story! I also learn that we should have a plan before we do everything, but we can't rely on our plan too much. We have to face many kinds of incidents that we never think of. As a result, don't count on your plan too over because you never know that something may occur suddenly.