Comparative analysis of two stories : "My brother’s keeper " " and Do angels wear brassieres?"
The two short stories that I am comparing are " My brother’s keeper" by Geoffrey
Philp and " Do angels wear brassieres?" by Olive Senior. "My brother’s keeper" talked
about history ,race , identity, friendship, family, age, motherhood and sexuality and how
they are defined around cultural and traditional positions. It is about a young man named
Paul and his account of the changes he went through dealing with a step brother he did
not even know existed until the very first day the boy showed up at their door . His step-
brother’s name was David and he was coming from America where he was lived with
his mother and father until their death. " Do angels wear brassieres?" is about little girl
named Beccka’s quest for knowledge and what she had to go through as a teenager living
with two females in one house .In this story I saw the relationships among family,
friendship, motherhood,voice, tradition, ethnicity and how these fit into the identity of the
individual in addition to their gender ,age and sexuality.
Although " My brother’s keeper" and "Do angels wear brassieres?" were written
by two different authors, they had a lot in common .Both of them were set in
the island country of Jamaica and were about single families. From the beginning, the
narrator in " My brother’s keep...
Antigone, a play written by Sophocles, and Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro are stories that taking place in different eras and location but are very similar in storylines. The text Antigone and share a similar storyline and even share major themes. Both are about a young girl whose brother dies and she tries to uphold tradition but is constrained by her gender.
old who was raised by a loving mother and father. He has two brothers: one was
These two stories, although written by two different authors present similarities in the characteristics of the main character. Sammy and Tommy are presented with adversity they had previously never faced. Sammy has to decide should he stand up for the girls by quitting and be the hero or should he mind his own business and keep his job. Sammy is forced to quickly make a decision which his boss Lengel feels he made to rashly. “’I don’t think you know what you’re saying,’ Lengel said” (Updike, pg. 146). For Sammy his decision is what he feels he needs to do and he never regrets his choice. Tommy is faced with adversity of a different kind, he has to decide should he believe the teacher and listen to what she is saying or should he, like the other children, think she is strange and a liar. When she loses her job Tommy is forced to make a decision, confront the child who got her fired, or stay quiet and let the matter slide as it is not his problem. For both the boys their actions could be beneficial to them or it could cause them future problems. An example, if Sammy...
... almost nothing alike from a superficial aspect. The stories have different historical contexts and they simply don’t have much in common to the average audience. It is easy to contrast the stories, but deep within certain elements, the stories can be linked in several ways.
The similarities are prolific in their presence in certain parts of the novel, the very context of both stories shows similarities, both are dealing with an oppressed factor that is set free by an outsider who teaches and challenges the system in which the oppressed are caught.
...ce, although both writings are interesting in their own ways, the most interesting aspect of both writings together is that they both have a similar plot and theme. It is rare that two
his father left his mother and him to start another life with another family. His mother
Another difference that played a huge role in each book was the actual placing of each story.
Even though these two books may seem very different, they also share many similarities. Though they are not related through their plots, they definitely share some very important themes and resemblance of characters. Through these similarities, two different stories in completely different time frames and locations can be brought together in many instances.
Both narratives compare as timeless tales of reputable heroes. They both include similar plots of long journeys back home. The main characters’ flaws are arrogance which is the source of many of their troubles.
Both stories are one of a kind and deserve to be read. They share both common and uncommon ideas, but in the end, both are nice.
When reading a story, it is essential to determine if the narrator of the story is reliable or not. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is about a woman who suffered from a nervous disorder. During the 1800s, women did not have the rights they have today. This nervous disorder was normal in this time period since husbands treated their wives with barbarity. The Yellow Wallpaper represents the women’s suffrage during this era, and the wallpaper is a symbol of the wife, Jane’s, insanity. While The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is about a psychotic man who claims he is sane. He tried to prove his sanity by telling a story, but he actually ended up killing an old man who is his caretaker. In the murderer's mind, the old man’s pale blue eye triggered him to murder him. The story with the most unreliable narrator is The Tell-Tale Heart.
David. Finally,Uncle Axel tell David about a boy of the name Marther and how he published a book on
end. This essay will further show how both stories shared similar endings, while at the same time
This quotation best represents her perspective by describing her ever-changing life. Moreover, Beryl is, for the most part, free of the typical confines of the era, primarily race, gender, and age transient lifestyle because of her persistence, the intermingling of African and European cultures, and above all else the support of her companions.