landon+p+~+Slake

5/25/10 Pd.3
 * __Ko V.S Slake__**

In the book __So Far From the Bamboo Grove__ by Yoko Kawishima Watkins, Ko is running away from the Korean army, who is out to kill her family, and her. The reason why is her father works for the Japanese government, and she is a Japanese girl in World War II. Also Ko has to stay stealthy in the grass and bushes because of the Korean army. Slake is homeless boy in the book __Slake’s Limbo__. He is shy, but can talk to people he knows a little bit. He ran away from the police and hid in the subway. Also he has to keep a good, open eye, but it’s hard for him since he has bad eye site. Ko and Slake can be compared and contrasted in so many ways.

Ko is very sneaky around the Korean Communist Army. She can move swiftly no noise. She also has the ability to keep a good look out, and a good hearing range. But with Slake he doesn’t have to move quietly he lives in the city were there is tons of noise. All he has to do is just watch for the people, who might hurt him.

Ko isn’t shy, she protects her family and is fierce. She doesn’t back off to anyone, she threatened to stab a man with there family sword. Slake on the other hand is shy, he will never talk to anyone, but Joesph. Sadly, Slake wouldn’t talk anymore because, Joesph was hit and killed by a truck. Slake never spoke until he met the nice cleaning lady, who had talk to him a little bit when she was buying papers. After that slake liked to talk a little bit more after that.

Ko might be nice, but she lies too many times to the police, fugitives, and the A.J.K.C.A soldiers. Ko always lies to get out of things. But if Ko is always lying in World War II soldiers or even police could kill her. Slake is a different book, he is honest and never lies. And one of his newspaper costumers even got suspicious about where he got the paper, and Slake even told him they were used. Also he ran away from the man with the turban, because he was always being weird to Slake after Slake said they were used.

Even though Slake is shy and Ko is fierce, they have some similarities. They react to there same unique situations in similar ways. They also always encounter the same thing; soldiers are chasing Ko and her family in the book __So Far From The Bamboo Grove__. And for Slake from __Slake’s Limbo__ it’s the police. Even though Slake is being chased from climbing a tree in private property, and Ko is being chased by soldiers for being Japanese, they both have similar reactions against their harsh living conditions. And in these conditions they have to stay prepared, like being stealthy from the soldiers walking by Ko and her family. Or Slake watching out for his cave when the repairmen were fixing the whole entire subway. All of these things are to keep them alive. And that’s why they have their differences and similarities.