Amanda's Purpose To Draw The Crescent Moon

For this drawing, I have depicted a crescent moon wrapped in a rainbow ribbon. Starting with the moon, I chose to draw a crescent because when Amanda calls over Laura to look, she says to look at the “little silver slipper of a moon” (Williams 49). By this description I imagined that the moon was in a crescent stage. In regards to why I chose to draw the moon, I chose this symbol because of its significance with Amanda. In scene five, Amanda asks Tom and Laura to wish on the moon and even does so herself. When she tells Tom and Laura to wish, she is very emotional and specific in her request. I felt as though Amanda has a deeply personal connection to the moon and feels that it gives her peace. The reason I drew the ribbon is three fold. First