Fly Away Home Character Analysis

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Have you ever been homeless? In the story “Fly Away Home,” by Eve Bunting, Andrew, the main character, lives in an airport because he is homeless. I believe to the text this makes him very brave. Kindness is another word that describes how Andrew shows he is brave. Another reason is he wants to get out of the airport. The last example is that Andrew is helpful. These are three reasons why I think Andrew is brave. On page two, a few paragraphs supports why I think Andrew is being helpful. For fifty cents, he is helping people that are coming out of the airport and need help carrying their luggage. This shows that Andrew is willing to risk the fact that the people could call security and take him and his friend Denny away. That is

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