Characters of A Single Shard – Flashcards
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Characters (Main to Important)
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Tree-Ear, Crane-man,Min, Ajima, and Royal Emissary Kim.
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Main Character
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Tree-Ear
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Care Taker of Tree-Ear
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Crane-Man
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Tree-Ear works for ______but doesn't get paid. But _____ still cares about Tree-Ear.
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Min the Potter
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Min's Wife, cares about Tree-Ear
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Ajima
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______wants to see more of Min's work after seeing the shard.
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Royal Emissary Kim
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Characters characteristics:
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Tree-Ear
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Orphan,Brave,Kind, Wise, and Perseverance.
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Crane-man
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Gives Good Advice and Takes care of Tree-Ear.
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Min
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Tough Love,Perfectionist, Hard worker.
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Ajima
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Kind and Caring
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Royal Emissary Kim
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Impressed and A pottery expert.
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Character-Relations
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Crane-Man take care of________
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Tree-Ear, who is an orphan
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Min is married to Ajima
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but there son Hyung-Gu died.
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After Crane-man dies
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Tree-Ear is renamed Hyung-Phil after he goes to live with Min and Ajima instead of living under the bridge.
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The Emissary (not related to any of the other characters)
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Chooses the best pottery for palace and Min's work impresses him.
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Reasons for Character's Characteristics:
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Tree-Ear
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12 year old Orphan
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Parents died from a fever and then the Monks took Tree-Ear to his uncle who also died from a fever and then finally Tree-Ear was taken to Crane man. His name became Tree-Ear because he was an orphan- which is compared a mushroom on a tree which is like the Tree's Ear.
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Brave
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Goes on a journey, gets attacked by robbers, the vases that he was taking to show to Emissary Kim are broken, he find a shard big enough to show the greatness of Min's work that he continued his journey to Songdo after he almost gave up. The guards almost didn't believe that he had an appointment with the Emissary but after some time they let him in.
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Kind
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Did something in return for Ajima's Kindness. Shared the coat with Crane-man.
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Wise
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When he decided to tell the farmer that the rice was spilling out of the farmer's rice pouch to prevent it from being plowed.
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Perseverance
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Continued on the journey even though he only had one share of the vases left.
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Crane-man
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Good Advice
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When Tree-Ear was nervous about going on the journey. He said to think of the journey as a city per day.
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Caring
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Crane - man taught Tree-Ear that "begging and stealing makes you no greater than a dog" Took care of Tree-Ear since Tree-Ear was two. Makes shoes for Tree-Ear. Teaches Tree-Ear Survival skills.
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Crane-Man has had one bad leg his whole life and he has one good leg to and he stands on one leg like a crane.
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Min
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Tough Love
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Min made Tree-Ear work harder and was more strict after the Emissary came to Ch'ulpo.
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Perfectionist
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Min distorys his work if it isn't perfect.
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Works hard
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Does Not stop until what ever he is making is perfect. Does not give up on the first try.
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Ajima
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Kind and Caring
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When she gave Tree-Ear (an orphan) some of her son's things to keep him warm during the cold weather.
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Emissary Kim
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a pottery expert - when Tree-Ear shows him the shard which is all that is left of the vases he brought along to show him. The piece or shard that he saw of Min's work impressed him that he wanted to see more of Min's work.
