The Red Cranes Character Analysis Essay

Character’s Attributes

In the passages “Red Cranes” by Jacey Choy and “The Friefly Hunt” by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, the authors present two characters that share many characteristics. The authors portray two different characters that come together with the main thought of imagination. Through this imagination, the characters can be seen as very similar. After careful analysis of both passages, the reader can decipher how each attribute of each character can be related back to each other.

As stated beforehand, the two characters share similar interactions through dialogue and thought. In “Red Cranes,” Jacey Choy shows how much the cranes excite the main character, Mie, through the way she talks to her father. The little girl says,”The red cranes! Father! Please wake me next time..”(Choy 4). By reading this dialogue, the reader can clearly see how much the cranes mean to the child. This excitement can also be seen in the other passage, “The Firefly Hunt.” As the little girl is examining the picture of the creatures, the narrator emphasizes, “Sachiko was entranced with the picture”(Tanizaki 1). Both of these quotes contribute to the point of

how their interactions are shown. As the characters are completely engulfed with their imagination, the reader can see this through thought and dialogue.
Even more so, the characters internal thoughts are also shown in a similar way.

With the author’s strategic use of diction and syntax, the characters thoughts can be painted into the readers head. As Sachiko was sneaking up to see the fireflies, the story is filled with suspense and her thoughts are “quiet, unearthly. Sachik could see it all even now..”(Tanizaki 2). These thoughts are shown in a third person point of view, making it quite easy for the reader to understand. This is shown even more in Choy’s passage when the reader is told by the narrator that Mie would like to “read he poetry anthology” and “how to read and write”(Choy 8). The author shows each thought and expression seamlessly through the omniscient point of view. Without this point of view, the character’s thoughts would be completely blocked from the

audience.
Furthermore, each character’s thoughts and reality is build up on the same basis. This basis is imagination. Since both of the characters are children, their point of views on life may be a little unrealistic. When the passage comes to an end, the audience is shown their true dreams. As the authors use similar diction such as “soaring,” the reader gets a taste of imagery and can see just as the characters do (Choy 14). Although the children know that they shouldn’t dream so much, this does not stop them from “soaring and dipping along the surface” with their own minds (Tanizaki 2). Each author uses different ways to show the thoughts and actions but the stories always come back together with similar attributes.
As the passages go on, the reader can see how the authors portray the children's lives by using many literary devices. Although the passages have differences, the use of diction, dialogue, and point of view help the reader see how they strongly relate to each other. With the use of imagery, the author carefully engrosses the reader into the child’s fairy tail. Thus, each passage has extremely similar characters that build up the meaning in the same way.