MULAN
Characters:
- Fa Mulan
- Mushu (a dragon)
- Shan-yu (the leader of the huns)
- Yao (a member of the imperial army)
- Ling (a member of the army high empirire)
- Chien-po (a member of the imperial army)
- Chi-fu (a member of advisory counsel)
- Fa zhou (Mulan’s father)
- Mulan’s grandmother
- Tsar of china
- Fa Li (Mulan’s mother)
- Captain li (Li shang’s father)
- Li shang (capten of war)
- Cri-Kee (Mulan’s cricket)
- The matchmaker
- Khan (Mulan’s horse)
Narative Text
One day The Huns led by the ruthless Shan-yu, invade Han China, fording the Chinese emperor to command a general mobilization. Each family is given a conscription notice, requiring one man from each family to join the Chinese army. When Fa Mulan hears that her elderly father Fa Zhou the only man in her family, is forced to join the army, she decides to stand in his place, disguising herself as a young man named “Ping”. Fa Zhou learns that Mulan has taken his place and prays to his family’s ancestors. Who order their “Great Stone Dragon” to protect her. The ancestors are unware that the statue of great stone dragon failed to come to life, and that Mushu a small dragon is the one to go and protect Mulan.
Mulan is initially misguided by Mushu in how to behave like a man, and starts a ruckus at the training camp. However under command of Li shang, she and her new friend at the camp, Yao, Ling, and Chien-po become skilled warriors, Mushu desiring to see Mulan succed, creates a fake other from from Li shang’s father, general Li, ordering Li shang to follow them into the mountains, they arrive at a burnt-out village and discover that general Li and his forces have been wiped out by the Huns. As they solemny leave the mountains, they are ambushed by the Huns, but use of a cannon by Mulan buries most of the enemy forces in an avalanche. Mulan is slashed by Shan-yu in his rage at her wiping out his army during the battle, and she is forced to reveal her deception after receiving medical attention. Instead of executing Mulan as the law requires, Li shang decides to spare her life by leaving her on the mountain as the rest of the army departs for the imperial city to report the news of the Huns demise. However, the avalanche failed to eliminate all the enemies, as Mulan catches sight of a small number of surviving Huns, including Shan-yu, making their way to the city intent on capturing the emperor.
In the imperial city. Mulan attempts to warn Li-shang about Shan yu, but he refeuses to listen. The Huns appear and capture the Emperor, Locking themselves inside the palace. With Mulan’s help, Li Shang, Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po Pose as concubines and are able to enter the palace and defeat Shan Yu’s men. As shang prevents Shan Yu From assassinating the emperor, Mulan lures the Hun on to the roof where she enganges him in single combat. Meanwhile, acting on mulan’s instructions, mushu fires a bundle of fireworks rockets at Shan Yu on here signal and kills him. Mulan is praised by the emperor and the people of China, who all bow to her as an unprecedented honor. While she accepts the emperor’s crest and shan Yu’s sword as gifts, she politely diclines his offer to be his advisor and asks to return to her family. She returns home and presents these gifts to her father, but he is more overjoyed to have his daughter back safely. Li Shang, who has become enamored with Mulan, soon arrives under the guise of returning her helmet, but accepts the family’s invititation for dinner.
Shang asks mulan for her hand in marriage, which she accepts. Hearing about their engangement, Mushu is thrilled for them- until the leader of the ancestors informs him that if mulan gets married, he will lose his job as guardian dragon and have to leave her and his pedestal, his place of honor as a guardian. The reason for this is because Mulan would be getting married to Shang, thus she becomes a part of his family which requires her to have his family ancestors and guardians.
