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Zach Thatcher 5/21/10 Period 3

Comparing and Contrasting White Fang and Ko In the books **//__White Fang__//** by Jake London and **//__So Far From the Bamboo Grove__//** by Yoko Kawashima Watkins the main characters have many similarities and difference. //White Fang is a powerful young wolf dog that is very trust worthy//. Ko a 16-year-old girl who is the leader of her team (her, her sister, and her mom) who are trying to get to Japan because of the Koreans in World War II.

//White Fang// and **Ko** are both very intelligent for example when //White Fang// was first brought in to camp every body hated him including the dogs. He has to use his brain to escape and plan attacks on the dogs. Never less **Ko** also had to use her brain when she saw the Korean communist army and to cover her sister’s head when she threw up. By doing this Ko saved herself and her family.Both of these characters show that they are intelligent.

In addition //White Fang// and Ko are both protective. //White Fang// does anything to protect himself and his new owner. When the old owner of White Fang came back to steal him back instead of letting that guy steal White Fang he ripped the old owner into bloody pieces instead of getting captured. By doing this he is defending himself and his new owner. At the same time **Ko** is protecting her family of any thing that might hurt or kill them. For example when Ko gets the Korean communist army uniforms she forces Yoko (her sister) to put it on. By doing this Ko is protecting her sister because now the real communist army will think that she is one of them.As you can see White Fang and Ko are both protective of their owners and their family.

As //White Fang// and **Ko** have similarities they also have differences.//White Fang// is a loner and he is very independent in the story. He must face his battles alone with no help at all and must defend himself from attacks. On the other hand **Ko** is very dependent. Her and her family must work together to live. If they don’t work together they would never find shelter, food or anything else to live.

As you can see White Fang and Ko have many similarities. As they have similarities they also have differences. From being independent to being dependent White Fang and Ko have a lot of differences too. The two characters are both very interesting in the stories.