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In Homeless Bird there are many metaphors. Many of them referring to birds. Many of the birds come along in Koly’s life. Some of them are in her imagination. Her life is very similar to a bird that can’t find a home. At first Koly has a lovely home with her family, then she is forced to marry a man. She marries the man, named Hari, and lives at his house.  Then her husband dies, her ‘sister’ gets married and moves away, and her Sassur (Hari’s dad) dies. And, when she least expects it her Sass ( Hari’s mom) drops her off at a widows country, Vrindavan.  There she is left alone, homeless, much like a bird. She has nothing but her intelligence, knowledge, and 50 rupees. She must find her way around and try to survive.

There are so many metaphors in this book. Here a some of them that stick out and reflect Koly’s life. First, one day Koly was reading Tagore’s Poems to Sassur. She decided to read a poem to him, a poem about a flock of birds and one bird that always goes a separate way from the flock. This resembles Koly’s life because Koly doesn’t always get to go with the group. She usually departs from everyone else and goes her a different way. Also,  there is another example of birds shown throughout the book. This is when Koly and Raji go out to the little creek. This creek reminded Koly of the creek from her previous home with Hari. Raji and her soon saw a heron by the water. They saw the heron multiply times. Koly is very much like this bird to me. This bird can’t exactly find the right home but it has a pretty good idea it wants to stay where it is. This is like when Koly goes to Maa Kamala’s she is pretty sure she wants to stay there but isn’t totally sure it is the right place.  Even though she loved it at Maa Kamala’s she wasn’t sure to stay there or to go with Raji.