How Characters Interact In the story by Jacey Choy, “ Red Cranes” the main character, Mei is very different from Sachiko, who is the main character in the text, “The Firefly Hunt,” by Mr. Tanizaki. The way the two characters interact with society is completely different from each other. This is may be caused by many reasons. This could be due to the location and setting at which the passages take place. Mei and Sachiko interact with others in both their text. The way they do interact with others though, don’t show a lot of similarities. In the text, “The Firefly Hunt,” Sachiko is able to leave her house and go catch fireflies with others. Sachiko even mentions, “She knew, though, that the firefly hunt would be pleasant to remember” (Tanizaki 1). Although this proves that Sachiko is happy because she can go hang out with others and go catch fireflies, Mei will probably never have that chance. You can tell this by Mei saying, “Because she lived in the country, she was unable to go to school like the girls who lived in Edo” (Choy 8). These character interactions are severely different because while Mei can’t even make friends because she has to stay out of school, Sachiko is able to do things like going firefly hunting with friends. …show more content…
Mei thinks, “Of course, Mother. But I mean, did you ever dream that you would that you would be a famous puppeteer, or a rich merchant that traveled the oceans, or maybe a poet whose poems were written in the Man’yoshu” (Choy 12). This shows the creativity Mei has and how curious she is. However, Sachiko reacts differently. She even mentions, “Something not to be painted but to be set to music, the mood of it taken up on a piano or a koto” (Tanizaki 2). This is different to the other passage because Mei lives in a communist country so she will probably never see a