Comparing Smoky Night and Fly Away Home

Similarities:

One similarity that was in both Smoky Night and Fly Away Home that really stood out to me, was that they both had envolved animals that symbolized hope, and important life messages and lessons. What I mean by this is in Fly Away Home, the bird gave Andrew hope for a better future and a home, because he lived in an Airport and didn’t have a home, and things weren’t going well for him. And so the bird showed him a mirror of hope because it was like his situation when the bird was trapped and then finally got freed.  It reflects on his situation like someday a door will open for an oppertunity. Andrew thinks that one day he will get an apartment and a better life situation.

In Smoky Night the two cats becoming friends turned into a friendship for not just the cats but people. It also changes the prespective on people, because at first Daniel’s family and the Kim’s weren’t friends, and neither were the cats. Each family hated one another, but after the cats came together in the fire, the two families got to know eachother and started becoming friends. This shows a message that you should not judge someone when you don’t know them.

I think that means a lot because both of the stories had to do with huge life faces and problems, and this type of effect put into the story is a good symbolization of hope and reflects onto messages and friendship.

Differences:

Each Story also has a big difference. In the start, I noticed that each the stories ended very differently. What I mean by this is that, in Smoky Night there was a riot and a fire, but then at the ending of the story it had a happy ending where the two families became friends.

But on the other hand, Fly Away Home had a deeper and not as happy ending. It wasn’t exactly a happy ending, because he was still doing badly in the Airport, but it also was like a cliff hanger to a new oppertunity. I think this because in the story, it showed how the bills were to high to own an apartment, and Andrew was jealous of other people who had homes, but one thing struck me when I looked at the ending. Andrew says: “Sometimes I just want to cry. I think Dad and I will be here forever,”-“Then I remember the bird. It took a while, but a door opened, and when the bird left, it flew free, I know it was singing.” This means a lot, because it was almost like a bad ending, but that part at the end was like Andrew remembering hope, and the bird, and someday he will find a better home and a door will open.