An orphan is a child whose parents are dead, or whose parents have abandoned them. Tree-ear and Ruckel are both orphans. Tree-ear is a fictional character who lived back in the 1200’s, and Ruckel is a real-life person who lives in Romania. Tree-ear and Ruckel grew up in two very different environments; however, the outcome of their up-bringing in these various environments are very similar.
Tree-ear and Ruckel grew up in very different eras and circumstance when it comes to how they were raised. Tree-ear’s biological family had died of fever, and Ruckel’s family sadly abandoned him at an orphanage. Tree-ear was left with a homeless man named Crane-man who showed him a great deal of love and affection, taught him right from wrong, and for the most part took very good care of him. Ruckel on the other hand had it a little worse than Tree- ear. The orphanage Ruckel was being raised in did not care for their children very well at all, and when Ruckel finally found a sergeant mother, she ended up being electrocuted in a bath tub. Ruckel fell ill at one point in his life and it was at this time he found his forever family. Although he found a good family, he still ran in to a few problems. He did not know how he was supposed to be treated by other people due to the fact of how cruel the people at the orphanage were to him when he was younger. …show more content…
Tree-ear works for a skilled potter, who has him chop down trees, collect clay from streams, and carry all this down a mountain side to the potter he works for. In order for him to do all this vigorous and strenuous labor, he has to be healthy physically as well as mentally. Ruckel has written a book on his personal experiences, and has produced his documentary on Romanian orphans. Ruckel has to be healthy mentally; has to be healthy physically so as to write a book and productively produce a