One difference between Tree-ear and Izidor Ruckel is that Tree-ear has one caregiver; Crane-man. Izidor Ruckel has multiple caregivers. He had an orphanage, a surrogate mother, and an adopted family. The effects of the caregivers were vastly different. Tree-ear loved Crane-man, and had more of a father figure than Ruckel did. Ruckel never really had