The Kite Runner: Plot Analysis

MULAN (early 20s) cuts woods in the forest when a couple of teenage boys start making fun of her, because of doing man’s work. The teenage boys go on to say that she will never find a husband if she acts like a man. Even though she looks unmoved on the outside, these comments hurt her on the inside. Later, her father FA ZHOU (45-50), an old soldier and the village leader, shows her some fight moves. That night, ROURAN RAIDERS attack Mulan’s village. As the villagers try to defend Mulan’s village against DAIYU (35-40s), a powerful witch, Mulan tries to fight KHAN(40s), the leader of the Rouran Raiders. As Khan is about to kill Mulan, Daiyu stops him, saying a such a spirit should not be destroyed easily.
At the mean time, GAIUS(30s), an attractive
She runs out to them to prevent the tiger from attacking Gaius. Gaius senses that they met before, but Mulan insists they don’t know eachother. Later that night in the woods, Gaius catches her without her disguise, but Mulan gets away. As she flees, she drops her tag, which Gaius picks up. When Mulan gets back to the Army Encampment, she gets called to Xianniang’s tent. Xianniang mentions Mulan that she knows she is a female and tells her the story of Daiyu and The House of Phoenix. It turns out Daiyu and Xianniang were best friends when they were in the House of Phoenix, a secret place where broken women could rebuild themselves and become stronger. After Daiyu kills one criminal Ruffians, she gets kicked out of the house and becomes a vigilante and builds her own army called Skulls and Bones. As Xianning did not want to join her, she became Daiyu’s enemy. Now, she wants to destroy the Empire with Khan.
Gaius comes to the Mulan’s tent to give her back the tag. After returning to her tent, Mulan gets assaulted by Honghui and they get in a fight. As Honghui strikes Mulan’s chest with the sword, it gets revealed that she is a woman. As he is about to kill her, Gaius