Although the two novels When the Legends Die by Hal Borland and April Morning by Howard Fast have very different themes and plots, they share many similarities through quotes. A quote that I chose that relates to both Thomas Black Bull and Adam Cooper of the two books is from April Morning: "As I was falling asleep, I said farewell to a childhood, a world, a secure and sun-warmed existence and past that was over …showed first 75 words of 668 total…

…showed last 75 words of 668 total…to, in layman's terms, toughen up and deal with it. This manifested Tom's shift into adulthood. Overall, it is pretty evident that the quote I chose to link the two novels we've read has many ways of relating Tom's situation to Adam Cooper's. This quote connected both characters change into manhood, their recognizing that they will permanently remain adults, and the fact that their childhoods were much different and less traumatic than their later life.