Foster kids don't have it easy. Sure they don't have nagging parents, but that doesn't make their lives any easier. They are bouncing from home to home enable to have parents. These foster kids need to be persistent when moving. Example of this persistence can be found in "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Gidd and "The Orphan Train" by Kim Hill. In "Pictures of Hollis Woods", the mustard lady is continuously moving Hollis from home to home due to her weak decisions in families. While in "The Orphan Train", Lee has to leave Dad for a more supportive home, endure a back-breaking train ride, and get separated from his brothers. "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Gidd and "The Orphan Train" by Kim Hill portray persistence differently.
To start with, Hollis Woods is continuously moving due to her mischief and her social worker's weak judgment in families. In moving so often, Hollis has developed persistence. This is made apparent when on page 73 and 74 when the author writes "'That's her name, Eleanor. She's going to have …show more content…
The Orphan Train took orphans into the country where they would be adopted by farmers and other townsfolk. Many people saw the opportunity to adopt a kid as a way of getting cheap labor, so Lee had to stay strong and keep pushing. Through these tough times, he has to have persistence. This is true because on pages 7 and 8 the author tells us that the trip was "a train journey that could stretch out for a week or more." Also that "What they (adopting parents) wanted was free labor for their farm or a servant for the house . . . some kids were physically abused." This proves that Lee had persistence because he had pushed through all of this concern in his gut and pushed away from the thought of getting a home at the cost of his happiness. He also pushed through the rigorous train ride with the intent of eventually finding a
To start with, Hollis Woods is continuously moving due to her mischief and her social worker's weak judgment in families. In moving so often, Hollis has developed persistence. This is made apparent when on page 73 and 74 when the author writes "'That's her name, Eleanor. She's going to have …show more content…
The Orphan Train took orphans into the country where they would be adopted by farmers and other townsfolk. Many people saw the opportunity to adopt a kid as a way of getting cheap labor, so Lee had to stay strong and keep pushing. Through these tough times, he has to have persistence. This is true because on pages 7 and 8 the author tells us that the trip was "a train journey that could stretch out for a week or more." Also that "What they (adopting parents) wanted was free labor for their farm or a servant for the house . . . some kids were physically abused." This proves that Lee had persistence because he had pushed through all of this concern in his gut and pushed away from the thought of getting a home at the cost of his happiness. He also pushed through the rigorous train ride with the intent of eventually finding a