Lexi+A.+~+Mrs.+Frisby

Lexi Anderson Period 3 June 4, 2010 Ko Vs. Mrs. Frisby

Did you know that characters from different books can have both similar and different character traits? Mrs. Frisby is a mother rat that is trying to find out what NIMH and what the plan is. She also has to face brave journeys while trying to get to Nickodemes. Mrs. Frisby is from the book __Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH__ by: Robert C. O’Brien Ko, is a young Japanese girl that lives in Korea that has to face several problems including disguising herself while talking to Korean soldiers. Ko, is from the book __So far from the Bamboo grove by__: Yoko Kawashima Waltkins.

Ko and Mrs. Frisby are the same in ways. They might not be the same character because Mrs. Frisby is a mouse and Ko is a girl they have a lot of similarities. Ko is brave because she is a Japanese girl living in Korea during world war 2 she sees two Korean soldiers so she disguises herself by taking off two dead soldiers that were on the ground. This shows courage because they could shoot her. Mrs. Frisby is brave because she trusts a crow named Jeremy to take her back to her house. As he was flying he could of tipped to make her fall off but instead he didn’t. This makes Mrs. Frisby trustworthy.

Another similarity between Ko and Mrs. Frisby is that they are both caring. Mrs. Frisby helps her son timothy by getting him medicine because he is really sick. Also she helped the crow get out of a trap. Ko is very caring too. There were Korean in the woods practicing shooting. At the same time Ko, Mother, and Yoko were hiding in the woods. Yoko started to throw up. However her caring sister was there to hide her. She grabbed Yoko and pushed her down to make sure the Korean army wouldn’t see her. This is very caring and risk taking of her.

Ko and Mrs. Frisby may have a lot of similarities, however they also have differences. Mrs. Frisby goes to find out what NHIM and The Plan is. She goes to the prickly dark rose bush. She does not know that a rat named Brutus is guarding it. He asked what her name was and she said Mrs. Frisby. He asked Mrs. Jonathan Frisby? She had not known that her husband had been there before for the plan. He let her in because he trusted her to go in. This made Mrs. Frisby trustworthy. On the other hand, Ko is not trust worthy. Ko had gone to a Farmer. The farmer was an old grumpy man. Ko had asked him if he needed help. he said in a grumpy voice if you want to. She did not want to help him though. Ko just wanted to get food for her family.

Even though Mrs. Frisby is a rat and Ko is a Japanese girl and they are from two different books they do have similarities and differences! Mrs. Frisby is very brave from going through tough journeys and Ko is very bossy.