In class we read two great books named fly away home and smoky nights by the same author: Eve Bunting! I personally like fly away home more then smoky night.

Something i noticed in these two stories there are two symbols. They were both animals.  The symbol in fly away home is the bird and it got stuck in the airport and it couldn’t get out. But Andrew said “Don’t stop trying, Don’t you can get out” And when the bird found a door that opened it got out. And when Andrew thinks when the bird found a passage he knows that one day he is going to get out of the airport too.

Smoky night had a symbol too. It was a cat and it represented friendship. Their were two cats and they did not get along. But they did not get along because they never knew each other that well. Then the fire happened and they helped each other. The same thing happens with Mrs. Kim and Danny’s mom .But when they put their differences aside and tried to be friends they realized that they could be really good friends.

The setting in both stories are different.The characters, Dad and Andrew live in a airport because they don’t have a house. If the setting was a different place like a street then they wouldn’t have to act like nobody and blend in the airport. Even though everyone is different on the street nobody really stands out.

On the other hand the character and the mom have a house and they do not have to worry about being caught like Andrew and his dad. They have a different problem. Their house gets caught on fire. But because of this problem they all get together.