homeless bird

The setting in the story, Homeless Bird, takes place in different areas of India. Mainly, the setting took place in her husband’s home and in Vrindavan. One of the ways I found out about the changing of the settings were in these quotes, “Koly, you are thirteen and growing every day, its time for you to have a husband.” Another quote that told me that the setting was about to change was also in this quote, “We will stop at Vrindavan on our way to Delhi. It will be well for us to make a pilgrimage before beginning out new lives.” These quotes give me a lot of specific information of how much of Koly’s life is going to change.

The two main characters are Koly and Sass. The first main character, Koly, is a very strong and brave thirteen-year-old who had faced many dangers for such a young age. Her marriage was arranged so that her husband’s family can use the money to take her ill husband to the Ganges River. Since then, her life had never been the same....