This essay will be covering how one story is the same but in different versions. “The Three Cabritos” is the retelling of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” with more of a Tex-Mex backdrop while the other will have more of an American culture. The author clearly states at the end of her book “The Three Cabritos is my own original retelling of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” with a Texas twist” (Kimmel 29). The background and the writing of the one individual book but told in different cultures “The Three Cabritos” and “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”, the main characters' appearances being distinct but the same story also has a couple dissimilarities. One of the main differences in both two stories is that “The Three Cabritos” is more Tex-Mex and the …show more content…
“The three cabritos loved to play music. They had their own band Reynaldo, the smallest and youngest, played the fiddle. Orlando, the middle one, played the guitar. Augustin, the oldest and biggest, played the accordion” (Kimmel 1). The whole purpose of the cabritos wanting to cross the bridge was to take their instruments to play for the Fiesta attendants. As for the Billy goats they were hungry had eaten all the grass, “They ate the grass on the hillside, and grew fatter and fatter. One day The Three Billy Goats Gruff looked around and saw that they had eaten all the grass on the hillside” (Randall 2-3). The goats aspiration was to be able to eat more grass on the other side of the bridge. Eventually, in both chronicles they need to cross the bridge into get to their desired …show more content…
Then the both middle goat and cabrito tell the monsters to wait for the older brother cause he’s bigger and fatter eat. In “The Three Cabritos” the oldest bigger, fatter brother comes and plays his instrument and makes the Chupacabra dance himself to death to where he could stomp on him. “Chupacabra shriveled like a punctured balloon. He grew smaller and smaller until only his husk remained, as dry and brittle as a dead cactus. Augustin crushed it beneath his hooves as he crossed over to Mexico” (Kimmel 26). He is able to cross the bridge to join his brothers at the fiesta. While with the Billy goats the older goat shows up and rams the goblin into the water and cross the bridge to join his brother in eating grass. “Great Big Billy goat Gruff was not afraid of the horrible, ugly troll. But the troll was certainly afraid when he saw Great Big Billy Goat Gruff! He tried to run away, but before he could, Great Big Billy Goat Gruff lowered his head, stamped his hooves, and with his great big billy goat horns, he butted the troll right into the river” (Randall 22). He is also finally able to join his brothers as well. In both folktales, it is shown that they defeat the monster, but in different
The fables “El Grillo y el Jaguar” and “The Hero in the Village” both contain similar messages of cleverness and justice. The former is a Mexican fable about an unkind jaguar who challenges a singing cricket to a race. On the other hand, the latter Bolivian fable is about a hard-working burro who is blamed for eating his master’s garden every night, but the true culprit is a group of sly foxes. Both the cricket and the burro cleverly defeat their antagonists, however. While each encloses differences, also, these fables have many resemblances in characters and themes.
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They complained that there will not be enough meat to go around, men will fight over the food, and the celebration will be a disaster. Together, they planted enough fear in the mind of the anthropologist, that even though once he was convinced and proud of his pick, he started to worry that the ox was not good enough, and the celebration will be ruined. In the end, after the ox was slaughtered, it proved to be indeed a very meaty animal, with plenty of white layers of fat. The anthropologist discovered that Bushmen collectively played a joke on him. They all knew what a beautiful animal they were receiving, yet they all complained about it, calling it a "bag of bones". Only later did the anthropologist learned that it was the Bushmen's tradition to criticize, and they routinely did it to themselves. They did it to keep their arrogance in check, and their humility
In our contemporary civilization, it is evident that different people have somewhat different personalities and that novels behold essential and key roles in our daily lives; they shape and influence our world in numerous ways via the themes and messages expressed by the authors. It is so, due to the different likes of our population, that we find numerous types and genres of books on our bookshelves, each possessing its own audience of readers and fans. In this compare and contrast essay, we will be analysing and comparing two novels, The Chrysalids and Animal Farm, and demonstrating how both books target the general audience and not one specific age group or audience of readers. We will be shedding light at the themes and messages conveyed to us in both books, the point of view and the style of writing of the authors as well as the plot and the format used by the authors, in order to demonstrate how both books are targeting the general audience.
Vega, Ed “Spanish Roulette” Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Ed. James, Missy and Merickel, Alan P. 5th ed. Boston: Longman, 2013. 417-423. Print.
When looking into works of literature, some stories seem to be similar to others. They can have a similar setting, point of view, theme, or sense of language and style. However, all of these points could be very different as well and could cover different theme or style. Flannery O’Conner’s “Good Country People” and Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” have some contrasting elements, such as their points of view and use of symbolism, but their similarities in the underlying theme, language, and the setting of these stories reveal how these two stories are impacted by education on both the individual and their family.
In traditional writing styles, the main element to give the story meaning is the narrative itself. However, with more modern and distinct styles such as the short stories written where the narrative is no longer the primary stylistic device, but the use of metaphors and distinctive different narrators applies meaning to the stories. Though it is easy to judge what is different from tradition as inferior, this change is no different than the rise of cubism in the art world. Even though initially many would comment on the art not being “real,” or in this case, the stories being poorly written, this style has even more of an effect. After
Palmas, at this time, took the task of retelling a traditional religious tale with his own twist, and that twist allowed him to entertain as well as criticize his own material. Criticizing religious folklore with methods of “costumbrismo” was vital in teaching his Latin American audience to be able to find the humor and irony in what they absorb through literature, and that is especially important with religious text. In a time when social and political reform went hand in hand with Latin American writing, Palmas did not just want to entertain with this humorous and enthralling piece, he wanted his audience to learn to be able to challenge religion in literature, and finally and most importantly, within the government in order to form a more liberal, secular
“The Hills as White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway, tells a story about a couple who are expecting a baby, but want to have an abortion. The setting of the story takes places at a bar situated across of a train station in Madrid, Spain. The couple sits by the bar, and order some drinks. They began discussing about whether or not having the abortion. While they wait for the train the man convince the girl. Within the two works there are many similarities but also differences between the central idea, conflict and the language devices.
One night he saw a creature that was the perfect description of what is known as the Chupacabra today. The name Chupacabra literally means “goat-sucker” so from that day on the search has begun and is still continuing in Central America and even the US (“Unique Facts about Mexico: Chupacabra”). This is just one of the countries that have been affected by this animal, and something tells me it isn’t going to be the last. It is a fact that the legend of the Chupacabra originated in Puerto Rico, however it is not the only place that has experienced this wild creature.... ... middle of paper ...
While there are many themes that can be found in this novella, Benitez skillfully uses the Mexican culture and the beliefs to improve her story, giving it understanding beyond the traditional American thoughts that many foreign writers are unable to achieve.
These two stories hold components that are clearly differentiating, yet similar in the meantime. Having every story been composed in a third-individual account structure, the onlooker
“A&P” and “Godfather Death” are stories that fall under two different categories in reading. While “A&P” is a short story and “Godfather Death” is a folktale, it is clear that there are differences between the two stories. Despite their differences, there are some similarities shown through the protagonists of each story. Sammy, the protagonist of “A&P”, is an all-around character who is close to his family but makes poor decisions. The godson, the protagonist of “Godfather Death”, is also an all-around character and loves his job but takes advantage of his godfather, Death. Although Sammy and the godson are the protagonist in each story, they have differences regarding their work ethic and heroism, but they also share a few similar personalities.
Marquez used Magical Realism elements to showcase supernatural beings, and to teach valuable lessons. Within the themes of both stories a strong moral component is found. To get the point of this moral across, Marquez uses distinct writing techniques. He paints the picture of his setting through his descriptive language, but, not all of his stories are exactly the same! This is what makes them such a delight to read; the different workings that make up each individual story are beautiful on their own, but can be compared to each other.
Author’s Techniques: Rudolfo Anaya uses many Spanish terms in this book. The reason for this is to show the culture of the characters in the novel. Also he uses imagery to explain the beauty of the llano the Spanish America. By using both these techniques in his writing, Anaya bring s the true culture of