Gathering Blue Character Analysis

Julaine Romero
Ms. Wright
9th grade writing
11th April, 2016
Kira, a Believable Character
“Take pride into your pain; you are stronger than those who have none.” (Lowry 26). In “Gathering Blue”, a young-adult fiction novel, Lowry presents Kira, a fifteen-year-old girl, who remains strong throughout the story, and is inspiring for any respective reader. Born with a crippled leg, and being judged by the whole village for it, was one of the worst things that could happen to any innocent baby back in Kira’s village. After loosing her father to the beasts and her mother to a mysterious illness, Kira’s left alone, with no one to care for her. Later on, women on her village try to take advantage of her land and manipulate her. She gets accused of being burden, and brought into trial for justice. Then, luckily, she’s given the privilege to remain under the protection of the Council of Guardians, under one

She could feel how the talent in her hands moved like magic through her fingers. She also shows a lot of determination into finishing her assigned task, the Singer’s robe, because she feels responsible for it, and wants to prove everyone that she’s much more than just a weak girl with an injured leg. For being only a girl, she stays resilient after her mother’s death, because she knows that her mother would have wanted her to be strong, and Kira also wants to make her proud, so she ignores haters like Vandara, a woman who’s willing to destroy her. She doesn’t fight he authorities because she means to cause no harm, and wants to act in a mature way. Throughout the story, she also meets Jo, a sweet, innocent, orphan girl, and also someone who she can relate to. After watching her crying, she takes her in her arms, comforts her, and acts as a mother and a friend to her. With teamwork, Matt and Thomas also offer to help her, because she’s nice to them and they also want her to