18. But No One Will Listen To Her
Mulan rides her horse up so that she is alongside Shang Li, who is being honored in a parade for his service to the emperor in defeating the Huns army. But he tells her to go home and not embarrass herself, her family, or anyone else.
Mulan is undeterred – she has a mission that only she can fulfill. She no longer fits into any of the categories that people in her day were expected to fulfill. She is a failed bride, a failed soldier, basically one giant failure. But she is the only one who can save China from the invading Huns.
