Tanner+R.~Ko+vs.+Phillip

Tanner Reichard 5/21/10 Period 2

= //__Ko and Phillip__// =

 Ko, from __So Far From the Bamboo Grove__ by Yoko Kawashima Watkins is a teenage girl from Japan who lives in Korea. She had to leave her home in Korea because of World war Two. Phillip, From __The Cay__ by Theodore Taylor is a twelve-year-old boy from Curacao, Willemstad who was shipwrecked and out casted on an island. With another outcast, Timothy they tried to survive the island of the Cay. They are two different people, but they have some similarities. Ko is very focused; She gets things done quickly and easily. She walked for almost a month without complaining while she could have whined and moaned so she could take a break. She is also bossy; she is always telling her sister Yoko what to do and how to do it. She even made her shave her head and put on a dirty and bloody Korean Communist uniform. Lastly she is independent; she could live on her own without need of help from other people. She took crops from a farmer and she lied straight through her teeth to a solider with a gun. Phillip is scattered, instead of thinking about surviving on the island he thought about how mad he was at his mom for making him leave the island. Also Phillip is passive, he listens to what he’s supposed to do and follows the order. He followed Timothy’s instructions on how to fish while blind in the tide pool. Like Ko, Phillip is also Independent. At the end of the book, he knows how to build shelter and how to get food and water. Ko and Phillip are different people that are from different countries, but they have some similarities. They both use their traits to help them through their tough moments.