Mr Mehta Homeless Bird Quotes

In the book the Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Mrs.Mehta and Mr.Mehta have different points of view on Kori’s education. On page 57 Mr.Mehta quoted, “Say nothing to your Sass, but come to me each evening when she is talking in the courtyard with the neighbor women. I’ll help you to learn to read and write.” From this quote, the reader is told that Mr.Mehta cares of Kori’s wishes to be educated. It can be inferred that Mr.Mehta thinks that Kori should be able to learn to read and write. On the other hand, when Kori’s Sass found out that she was learning to read she quoted, “It is no wonder she forgets her work,” she replied in anger on page 64. This quote shows another example of how Mrs.Mehta is different from Mr.Mehta because it shows that Mr.Mehta cares about Kori’s education and Mrs.Mehta does not.

On chapter 1 page 13 Koli quotes, “What if I don’t like him?” and Koli’s maa quotes, “of course you will like him.” then Koli responds, “but what if I don’t?” Koli’s maa impatiently said, Then you must learn to like him.”. This shows that she is nervous about getting married to Hari, and wishes to stay with her maa and baap. Later on in chapter 1 pg 18 Hari quotes, “I am the words, thou the melody; I the seed, thou the bearer; the heaven I, the earth thou.” Earlier in chapter 1 pg 17 Koli quoted, “Even in such a voice, the verses still touched me.” These quotes explain, that Koli has changed over a small course of time and values the verses that were stated by Hari at the