A Single Shard: A Literary Analysis

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Some children are orphaned for various reasons. Some children are orphaned because their parents are deceased. Others are dropped off at an orphanage because their parents cannot care for their basic needs of life. Tree-ear is a Korean orphan in the book, A Single Shard. He is being raised by Crane-man who is crippled, old man. Ruckel, a Romanian orphan, is an orphan, who lives in three different places, in an article about how not having parents or not knowing who children’s parents are can have an effect on brain development. Although orphans share many of the same experiences, each one has his or her own story.

There are many similarities between orphans like Tree-ear and Ruckel. One similarity between Ruckel and Tree-ear is they both had a caregiver. Tree-ear is raised by Crane-man. Tree-ear had been cared for by Crane-men since he was a toddler. Ruckel’s …show more content…

One difference between Tree-ear and Ruckel is how their parents left them. Tree-ear’s parents were in a time where everybody was getting a fever. Consequently, Tree-ear’s parents died when he was very young. Because his parents couldn’t care for Ruckel or give him the basic needs of life, Ruckel’s parents left him in an orphanage. Another difference between the two is one is loved, one is not. Tree-ear is loved by Crane-man. Ruckel is forced to watch children and is abused. Tree-ear has been with Crane-man since he was a toddler. Ruckel’s surrogate mother was electrocuted while trying to heat bath water up for him. After she died, the orphanage abused him. One more difference between Tree-ear and Ruckel is they live in different homes. Tree-ear lives under a bridge with Crane-man. In the winter, Tree-ear and Crane-man go and live in a vegetable pit because it is too cold under the bridge; Ruckel lives in different places. He has lived with his surrogate mother, an orphanage, and with an adoptive

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