Analysis Of Seedfolks By Paul Fleischman

Imagine a divided community with different nationalities beside a trashy vacant lot. They did not even talk to each other. Everyone ignored each other and did nothing for each other. One day a little bean plant was planted by a Vietnamese girl named Kim. Before long it transformed the trashy lot into a beautiful garden filled with fruits and vegetables. In doing so, the community became united. The book Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman shows that a real community helps each other, shares common values and also respects mutual interests.

First, a community helps each other. In Seedfolks, we can see many occasions of helping each other in a community. For example, Royce protected all of the plants in the garden with a pitchfork from stealing. Sae-Young shared funnels so that it would be easier for other people to collect water for their plants. Personally, my mom and dad are from Korea and none of my relatives live nearby us. When my mom and dad are at work and school, my community helped my family by babysitting me and my sister. …show more content…
Everybody in the book Seedfolks wanted their plants to grow fruitfully for different reasons. The people agreed that everybody would share the water they had. It was a silent agreement. When they had the common value, this brought the people together and worked together. In my youth orchestra, we all want to have harmony to play beautiful music. We all have different music to play, but it all combines into one great piece. When I play soccer, everybody wants to win the game. Even though not everybody scores goals, everybody has a huge impact on the game. That is why our team is like a community with a common value working