A Band-Aid For 800 Children

“The Red umbrella and a band aid for 800 children” are completely different in the author’s purpose. They both are trying to paint the same picture though. The red umbrella is a fictional story that tells us about what happened in the 1960’s .A band aid for 800 is a non-fictional story. Both of the texts portrayed a similar theme which was that sometimes in life things don’t go according to plan but you have to adapt to it and know that it might be a positive change. Lucy’s dad told her that they would have to leave in the morning to America because her dad & mom don’t want her to be sent to a concentration camp to work for nothing. Her dad knew that the hardest thing for him to do would be the best thing for them but they just didn’t know that yet. The theme is that life doesn’t go the way you plan it to go

In a Band-Aid for 800 children this story tells the readers how bad it is and how people would risk being deported just to come to America.Most Mexicans come to america so that their kids can be born here and become a U.S. citizen. The government don’t really care and they put them as “Immigration Orphans”. “A band-Aid for 800 Children” the author tells reader how hard it is to keep track of the “Immigration Orphans”. The Red Umbrella and A band-aid for 800 children are very similar books because Lucy and her little brother didn’t expect that they would have to go someplace without their parents guidance. They didn’t expect this and were so aghast that they were in denial but deep down they knew that this huge change was good. Even if there are downsides. “A Band-Aid for 800 Children” is someone trying to help the helpless and Lucy’s parents are only trying to protect,save, and help their