The Golden Kite The Silver Wind Analysis

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Analysis of The Scarlet Ibis and The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind The Scarlet Ibis and The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind have lots of similar central ideas and lessons, but they also have lots of differences. The Scarlet Ibis is about a boy who has body problems. He tries to live his life like a normal person, but struggles to do that. The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind is about a Mandarin of a city and his struggles to beat another city. In this story, the Mandarin gets mad that the other city’s walls are shaped a certain way. In fact, these two stories discuss many life lessons like pride. To start off, both of these stories talk about pride. In The Scarlet Ibis, the author shows many quotes that show pride. For example, the author says “They

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