Gathering Blue Lois Lowry

This lesson is demonstrated in “Gathering Blue”, Lois Lowry, the protagonist Kira lives in a village where people are cruel, selfish and jealous and Kira is affected because no one helps her even though she is an orphan. In the beginning was removed from her living space when her mother died because she was handicapped. A women named Vandara who wants Kira to leave says “ ‘ I am will take her to the Council Of Guardians… let them cast her out.’” This shows that the Council of Guardians will not have pity upon a poor girl who cannot care for herself, an act that would be unthought of in present day. Later in the story Kira finds out one of the men from the village maimed her father and left him to die out of jealousy since he was a good hunter.