Compare And Contrast Birdfoot's Grampa

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"Birdfoot's Grampa" vs. "Traveling Through the Dark"
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” by unknown. In the poems “Birdfoot’s Grampa” by Joseph Bruchac and “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford, the value of life is. In the poem “Birdfoot’s Grampa” by Joseph Bruchac all types and forms of life are valued. On the other hand, in the poem “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford the view on the value of life is not as clear. The views on the value of life is responsible for the outcome of the poems mostly due to the personalities of the characters.
In the poem “Birdfoot’s Grampa”, the main character is portrayed as wise and selfless. Wisdom comes with age which really shows with Grampa. He was a very selfless man and a very wise one as well. In lines 1-7 his …show more content…

“The old man must’ve stopped our car two dozen times.” It was a rainy summer night when the speaker and Grampa were driving down the road. Grampa did not give a thought about the fact it was raining and still got out of the car to help the toads. In the poem, line 5 “Small toads blinded” the toads are described as blinded because they’re not aware of how small they are compared to the rest of the world. They are so small compared to humans and the other types of life in this world but are not aware of it. So, Grampa knew this and saw that, which is why he helped the toad’s cross safely. The character in “Traveling Through the Dark” is showing a lack of judgement and wisdom. He is a very shortsighted person and doesn’t open his mind to anything but his own views. The character in “Traveling Through the Dark” is the complete opposite of Grampa. The character is very naive in the sense of his actions. Lines 3-4 “It is usually best to roll them into the canyon.” The word usually is normally used when someone has little

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