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Min a famous potter, that lives in a small village off the coast of West Korea according to A Single Shard. Min has changed drastically over the course of the book in many parts of his life, physical and mentally, but his relationship with Tree-ear changed the most. At the beginning, of the book, their relationship wasn’t strong, rather weak; however, their relationship changes drastically over the course of the book. Min’s relationship with Tree-ear at the beginning of the story was like a boss to an employ. Min was rude to Tree-ear and often ignored him throughout the book. Such as in, chapter six page sixty-six, “Watch that stone there, to the left! Keep that cart even, stupid boy. This-way – the path is smother here. Ai-go! What’s the

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