Comparing A Single Shard And Homeless Bird By Gloria Whelan

Has anyone ever doubted you, or put you down for your past. Well, Koly and Tree-ear were. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park and Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan are two great historical fiction novels that depict the life in the shoes of the main characters. The Main character in A Single Shard is Tree-ear, a young orphan that lives under a bridge, wishing for nothing but to become a Master potter like Min. Tree-ear goes through life, a innocent boy, while the world throws everything it has at him. On the other hand, the main character of Homeless Bird is Koly, who is a young girl that is married off to a sickly young boy with no hopes of a future. After his death she carries a widow's burden and has no place to go. Even through the intense

The robbers see who he is and call him out for it. Stop your struggle worthless one,” he said.”We mean only to rob you but it would not be past us to harm you if you prove too much trouble.”(Sue Park 125). This piece if text evidence shows me that when people see weaker or poorer people they prey on the and lose their humanity. They saw that tree-ear was hungry and weak and judged him for it, so they assumed what he would be like. In Homeless Bird, being treated differently is shown when Tanu is jealous of Kloy for finding someone who will marry a widow. ”You are lucky”, she said and her voice was bitter,” Where will I find a man who will marry a widow.”This text illustrates that maybe it is not normal for people to marry widows because it is either taboo or bad luck too, or people just judge widow harshly because they are not often found.This is not good because a lot of hatred and violence would be avoided if people didn’t judge others.Finally, this paragraph shows that nothing good comes from judging others for their

A Single Shard, evidently shows that there are certain practices and values that are respected more than others. An example is Pottery and its importance is shown when the book states, “Pottery is one of the most respected and admired arts in the country.” This implies that pottery is an import practice that requires patience and skill. Also, the fact that they called it an art shows a lot because you could only respect art. Homeless bird clearly shows that there are certain practices and values that exist band should be noticed. For example, hard work is a value that is extremely respected. Koly shows hard work when the book states,“I made the rice, drained the clothes, I couldn’t talk back or be silent. Finally my hard work pleased her..”(Whelan 62). This piece of evidence proves my reason because this shows that even when you may not like someone, you have to respect their perseverance and hard work like Sass did. To finish, these books clearly show examples of practices and cultures that involve their beliefs and