Seedfolks Character Analysis

The speaker’s change in attitude and evolvement of emotions depict the enduring effects of prejudice and societal boundaries on the speaker. Unable to rise past the class system, the speaker remains on the outskirts of city limits, picking berries. Losing his enjoyment of picking berries, the speaker comes to a new realization about the cold side of reality, and consequently, when the speaker gives up his child-like view of the world and the sweetness of nature, he receives pain, the stinging thorns of

In the book Seedfolks, a character named Kim travels to vacant lot in her town, Cleveland Ohio, to plant Lima Beans to honor her father, who passed away before Kim was even born. While Kim is in the process of planting her beans and watering them daily, people around the vacant lot being to notice her actions . Many people follow what Kim is doing and make there own little garden, which causes the community of Cleveland to be together and to communicate to one another. Throughout the book many character come and go to the garden, and each character shares something in common with someone else apart of this Community Garden. The novel Seedfolks shows that the garden has change everyone’s perspectives on things, and made them feel apart of something they might have never been apart of before. Some people that are involved are KIm, Ana, Sae Young, Maricela, and Curtis.

The garden is the vehicle in which the narrator reveals her reluctance to leave behind the imaginary world of childhood and see the realities of the adult world. The evidence supporting this interpretation is the imagery of hiding. The narrator uses the garden to hide from reality and the

Matsu grows a very special garden in the novel, which may correlate to the title. Gail talks about it repeatedly and readers can tell Matsu and even other characters deeply appreciate this garden of his. From the beautiful nature, to the deeper meanings behind it, and to the hard work put into it. “Matsu’s garden whispers at you, never shouts;

The novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, is about a Vietnamese girl named Kim who started a garden in honor of her father. Many different people joined the garden,creating a community, and learning the importance of life. Seedfolks talks about the importance of diversity, segregation, meeting new people, and family. The book also sees through different people's views of the world and the community garden which is located on Gibb Street in Cleveland, Ohio. In the book, a theme that occurs through everybody's perspective is family. Family is one of the most important things in life because they can help you even in the darkest of times. People in Seedfolks, all mention their family and how they played a role in their lives, this shows that family can inspire you to make a change. Family helps you be the best person you can be and influence you to do something great. There are multiple characters who bring out the theme of family, they include: Kim, Maricela, Leona, Amir, and Florence.

Stereotypically, people judge each other as either being an insider or an outsider. Yet, what does it really mean to be an insider or an outsider? Most people think that those terms define whether a person is well accepted in a group or not. However, in the novel The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, a group of “outsiders” connect with each other to form a strong group of friends for themselves after each goes through their own unique journey. Kingsolver presents the idea that there is no such thing as an outsider, but that sometimes some people struggle to find their place in society.

She said, “The chasm of distance that once stood between us was gone, all because of that hyacinth. That exquisite little hyacinth. He pulled it out from under dad’s garden, sealed in a ziploc bag. Yes, a ziploc bag with his precious offering of love and life inside. His offering required no explanation.” This is the beginning of her ethnography that shows what a garden symbolises to Laurie Thorp, and how it can bring peace and unity to everyone. She believes that a garden can bring people together, which can be a solution to our woundedness. I feel like she is also trying to show her deep abiding connection to the earth. One of the places where healing took place in the story of the garden is when Laurie Thorp tried to convince the teachers at Jonesville elementary school teachers that her research is solid in page 19. At first when she was trying to present her idea to the teachers earlier in the book, she was not successful, and the researchers seemed uninterested, but in page 19 when Laurie Thorp managed to explain the benefit the garden can have as a whole, new voices started to emerge like gloria that called her “you are very typical”. Another place where healing took place as the story of the garden unfolded is in page 21, when Laurie Thorp talked about how “the garden created a space amid the turmoil and scrutiny of schooling for us to feel graced. wounded as we all were, there was a reason, finally to give thanks: a

From Something Old To Something New The people who started the garden on Gibb street in Ohio, will always be remembered. In Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, Nora is the biggest impact on the garden,community, nurses, and Mr. Myles. She does not hesitate to help him, and it is was her job. She

Seedfolks is a book about family. One day, a little Vietnamese girl named Kim plants some lima beans at a vacant lot in Cleveland to honor her father, who was a farmer. A neighbor notices and decides to also plant her own plants. Soon, more neighbors notice and it turns into a community garden. The people of Cleveland have to avoid their differences and come together as a family to make it successful. The book Seedfolks implies that family is the true source of love because almost everybody in the book does something to express their love through the garden.

After moving into the area Brian began to notice the little things that he missed from The Mission. He thought about the art, the people, but most importantly the beauty of the Mission, the flowers, the nature, the community gardens, and the lush green that was still everywhere even though he was in the heart of the city. This yearning for something naturally beautiful in his space was the catalyst of his inspiration to begin the creation of community gardens in West Oakland.But these weren't just the creations of community gardens ,they were the beginning steps to clean air and a healthy environment in places all around West Oakland. But Brian recognizes that one of the biggest challenges in the creation of these gardens is the acceptance of them in the community. And even though it seems like this is something that everyone would want he recognizes that the push back that happens is out of fear. He sees that this is a community who only only see’s receiving nice things as a means to an

The word choice the main character employs to describe the plants is particularly notable, as it implies a disobedient appearance in a garden that expects conformity in its essence. This oddly-described foliage becomes the inanimate representation of the main character herself, who is also trying to rebel against a world passionate in its attempts to suppress and demean. The plants become “riotous” and “gnarly” to actively resist attempts to be subordinated by the garden, and the main character’s observation of this conveys her desire to revolt, even though she cannot express her displeasure in a communicable language. The main character’s envy of the plants makes this symbol even more powerful, as the greenery represents where she seeks to be: in a position where she can fight her oppressors by being openly nonconformist. Unfortunately for the main character, her rebellious behavior haves to be tucked away in the subconscious and in her own thoughts, as she is unable to voice legitimate concerns in a patriarchal

The character I consider a hero the most is Faolan from the series, Wolves of the beyond. I think Faolan is a hero because of how selfless he was, and how he was brave and willing to do anything to save the ones he cared for. Faolan had to prove himself in more ways than one. But, despite the treatment he received, he still sacrificed his life many times to save his friends. He even went as far as tracking down a murderer, while he was being tracked down because he was framed, and proved himself innocent.

Similarly, Dawe's poem "Homo Suburbiensis" is aimed to present a suburban man as a species of human, rather than an individual. This is done through the latinised title, sounding like a scientific name for an animal, rather than a human being. The informative tone is also present in this poem as it is in the previous poem. As we look through a proverbial magnifying glass into the life of the man, the poem examines even the smallest of details during those few seconds the man spends in his garden as we observe him. We learn that he is in a vegetable patch and the line "all the things he takes down with him there" suggests more than garden tools, but also his thoughts, specifically his problems and worries, which may be depicted as a weight one may be carrying. This suggests to us that his vegetable patch is a sanctuary, his own personal private place of relaxation where he can sink into his own mind and think things over. The second stanza uses sensory imagery to let the reader put himself in the place of the man in the garden, no longer simply observing him, which helps the reader develop a more accurate picture of exactly the state of mind the man may be in during his time in his garden. "The clatter of a dish in a sink that could be his" suggests that he is married, which could imply children, making his garden all the more an escape,

When I was a young girl, I cherished the moments my family and I had while we were outside during the summer. Usually going outside consisted of me riding my newly bought, white and pink bike that I still wobbled on because it was too big for me or climbing the apple tree in the front yard, but this time, my parents wanted my brother and I to help garden. The dreadful thing of planting a beautiful flower in the mucky dirt, left my hands and feet soiled in a dark substance. I never liked gardening and I hated when I saw the neighborhood children enjoying the “activity”, but I always did what my parents told me. Now, as I look back into the life of the young Brittney, I realize that the only thing that I didn’t like about it was the dirt. Did I not understand what putting the root into the soil meant, or was I just too childish to remark the significance of a seed growing like a little me?

The Tale of Genji has some strong views and ideas of how the ideal woman should be and what is expected from her. As I read the text, I couldn’t help but try to understand why these characteristics and traits would be expected from a woman. I figured it had to do with the history and politics of the people who the people during that era, their religion and philosophy. The role of woman seemed to be important yet simultaneously neglected along with misconstrued. I asked myself “how could this be the way women were treated? How is this normal or acceptable? Why are we women looked upon as objects instead of equal with our men? Do our hearts beat also? I felt the need to break down the topic of “How does The Tale of Genji describe the ideal woman”, in a way that will allow me to express my thoughts and opinions on why I feel so strongly about these expectations and ideals.