Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks

In Paul Fleischman’s Seedfolks, one vacant lot becomes a garden and makes a big impact on the community. Where Kim, a little girl has made a good change to her community. Where a pregnant 16-year-old, Maricella was able to understand that having a baby was all a part of nature, And finally, where one garden helped people open up their minds, and their hearts. The garden had made a big difference to all types of people.

Of all the characters, Kim had the greatest impact on the garden. Kim is a young Vietnamese girl who had made a big impact in her community. In her chapter she talked about her father’s death, she wanted to show her dad she also had patience and was hard-working. She planted a handful of lima beans in the hard, trashed, lot across the street. According to the text, “He would see my patience and my hard work. I could show him that I could raise plants, just as he had.” If Kim hadn’t done this, then, there would have never been a garden to start with. Because Kim planted the beans and started the garden, she is the character who impacted the garden the most. …show more content…
She was a 16-year-old pregnant teenager. In her chapter, Maricella was very pessimistic, she was very negative towards herself for having a baby. She wanted to miscarry the baby. According to the text “ My body was a part of nature. And just for that minute, I stopped wishing my baby would die” Maricella changed because she understood for just that bit, that having a baby was all a part of nature. The community was responsible for this change since they showed that not having electricity, wouldn’t stop them. They would just keep on planting as if nothing ever happened. Just like the baby, it was apart of nature and she was going to have it because of nature and its