Dragonwings Theme of Family. Moon Shadow's dream at the beginning of Dragonwings is to meet his father and have a more coherent family. ... As explore in the discussion of "Friendship," however, the lines between family and friends get happily blurred in Moon Shadow's life.
The authors claim in the passage is that sugar is different from honey. The authors primary purpose in the passage is that sugar is not as good as honey. The author uses interesting diction to get his point across about what he thinks of sugar and honey when in comparison.
