A vignette from The House on Mango Street, "Those Who Don't," by Sandra Cisneros, the poem "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough," by Stephen Spender, and another poem "We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks share many similarities and differences. These three pieces of literature talk about racism and rough children. "Those Who Don't" is about racism and how people think about others without getting to know them. "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough" explains how a good child wants to be like other children who are bad. "We Real Cool" talks about pool players who are bad. These pieces of literature compare and contrast between figurative language, point of view, and theme.
The three pieces of literature are similar and different especially in point of view. "We Real Cool," is in the perspective of seven pool players who dropped out of school and lurk late. “We/ Left School. We/ Lurk late” (3 to 6) shows that the pool player think they are cool because they are being different from the other people who are in school. "My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough" is from the view of a boy who is influenced by the rough children in his neighborhood. “I feared more than tigers…” (5) shows that the boy was scared from the children. The boy wanted to be like those children in a way but knew that wasn’t a good choice. "Those Who Don't" is told in Ezperansa’s perspective. Esperanza lives in a neighborhood where there are good people, bad people and racist people. “They [different race] think we will attack with shiny knives” (Cisneros 28) explains that people who walk into a Latino race believe the Latinos would be bad. Ironically, Esperanza believes they are stupid, but she does the same when she goes into a div...
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...h boys so he could stay safe. “…Like dogs to bark at my world” (10) illustrates that the child is in his own little world and the mean boys are annoying him. In "We Real Cool," the pool players shows isolation because they are only talking about themselves and don’t mention what people think of them. They are just within themselves. They are also all different because "Those Who Don't" is mainly about racism and the others are about rough children.
These pieces of literature are similar and different. Some of the pieces show roughness of children and views of racism. When people are judged about how the look or their type of personality is racism. Racism causes to think bad about different races so sometimes people think to stay away from one race because they might be very bad. Each piece stands in its own place for theme, point of view, and figurative language.
One of the more apparent themes seen in both texts is that of discrimination against marginalised groups. Both texts send a clear message, that regardless of the circumstances,
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The author establishes a reflective tone throughout the House on Mango Street by using childish,
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Prince Henry of Portugal, more commonly known as Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He, a successful Chinese admiral, were both extremely accomplished men throughout the 14th and 15th centuries. During this era, many accomplished explorers ventured out into the ocean and discovered new lands, two of the most important men being Henry the Navigator and Zheng He. Although both men came from different backgrounds, their contrasting societies and structures affected the way in which they regarded economic and political expansion and also their contact with other cultures. Societies like the Chinese and Portuguese had many cultural differences such as their different religions. The Chinese practiced neo-Confucianism whereas the Portuguese were Christians which was one of the many purposes of their exploration, to spread Christianity. There were also many cultural similarities between the two societies such as their long lasting histories and their explorer’s curiosity to seek out to new lands, which resulted the two societies in having different views on economic and political expansion and contact with other cultures. Both Confucian and Christian ideologies favored those who worked over the wealthy. Thus, to a larger extent, the structures and values of a society have an extensive impact on the way people view economic and political expansion and contact with other cultures.
...ives. These differences are direct by-products of the countries the children live in. One group lives in a world of peace, the other group in war. Each group will grow up with the skills they need to survive their surroundings, but of they were tossed in the other relm they would not succeed.
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Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard both did some similar targets in their lives, at the end it lead them to unexpected situations. Christopher McCandless was a young man who didn't believe in society and he chose to get away from that and left everything he had, including his family. He developed important relationships with key people that helped him on his journey into the wild. Similarly Adam Shepard was a young man who left with only $25 and a sleeping bag to go prove his point that the american dream does exist and to see if he can achieve it in a couple of months. Overall comparing McCandless and Shepard, Christopher McCandless had a greater impact in people, motivated many, and was selfish in plenty of good ways.
An analysis of Mycerinus and Kha-merer-nebty II and Augustus of Primaporta, reveals that there are many similarities, but also many differences between these two pieces of sculpture. These similarities and differences are found in the subject, style, and function of both works of art.
Some people think that if they could only change one aspect of their lives, it would be perfect. They do not realize that anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different main characters, wishes, and resolutions.
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