Home is one of the best places to be when you are accepted. In these books, “A Day’s Wait” and “Stolen Day” two boys are at home with their families. One boy is feels very loved at home with his home and family while the other boy doesn’t feel as welcome. He doesn’t think that he gets enough attention. The author of the story “A Day’s Wait” is Ernest Hemingway and takes place in the United States but the boy was living in France before. This boy, Schatz is still not used to some American customs. He also has a very high fever and is waiting all day for something to happen. Sherwood Anderson wrote “Stolen Day” and this story takes place in a small town in Ohio a century ago. This boy, Chris wishes he could not go to school and go fishing like a boy in his town. The boy in his town that gets to go fishing suffers from a disease called inflammatory rheumatism. These two boys react in different ways in comparable events. There are several similarities and differences between these two boys and their stories. …show more content…
The main characters in both of these stories are boys that are around the same age of nine. Schatz thinks he is sick. Chris in “Stolen Day” also thinks that he is very sick. Also, they both assume that they are going to die sometime soon. Ernest Hemingway writes that Schatz says, "About how long will it be before I die?"(Hemingway 302) This means that he thinks that he is going to die soon and wants to know when so that he can prepare himself. Chris on the other hand declares, "I might die," I thought. "I might just suddenly die right here; my heart might stop beating."(Sherwood 306) Chris thinks that he is going to die right now this second. He thinks that because of the sickness he says to have he thinks that he will die any day, any second. He probably is wondering how his family might react to him dying. Those are various similarities that the boys in the two stories
There are few similarities between the book and the movie. Usually most movies are similar to
In both books they share some traits, even though they may not look anything alike they are. both of these novels are dystopian novels and many characters share similarity’s.
In both books, these two gangs decide to have a rumble, a fight with all the members of the two gangs. This is one similarity between these books.
Some similarities are obviously that they are both slaves who are trying to escape their misery. The characters also have a good relationship with their fathers because they taught them how to care for themselves and what to do when they need
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.
While reading different stories, you can find many similarities between the texts. For example, Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe are two stories that have many similarities. Throughout the story, the characters have many of the same traits. Similar events take place in the two stories. All these events lead both stories to a tragic ending. Stories can be similar in many ways. The characters, the setting, and the story line itself. Stories can also be very different. One may talk about an event that will break your heart, while another might bring a smile to your face. The two stories The Man to Send Rain Clouds and Old Man at the Temple have many similarities and differences in their settings due to the place, time, and culture.
The book takes perspective in the eyes of a Jewish prisoner and the movie is through the eyes of a young german boy, there are many ways they still relate. Each grievous story takes place during the Holocaust. With just that factor of relation, you can already predict how similar they are.
Abuse is a difficult and sensitive subject that can have long lasting effects. These traumatic emotional effects are often intensified if the abuse happens at a young age because children do not understand why the abuse is happening or how to deal with it. There are many abuse programs set up to counter the severe effects which abuse can have. Even more, poets and writers all over the world contribute works that express the saddening events and force the public to realize it is much more real than the informative articles we read about. One such poem is Theodore Roethke’s My Papa’s Waltz which looks carefully through the eyes of a young boy into the household of an abusive father. Robert Hayden’s Those Winter Sundays is a similar poem from the perspective of a young adult reflecting back on the childhood relationship with his father and the abuse his father inflicted. These poems are important because they deal with the complex issues surrounding the subject of abuse and also show the different ways which children react to it. My Papa’s Waltz and Those Winter Sundays are similar poems because they use tone, imagery, and sounds and rhythms to create tension between the negative aspects of abuse and the boys own love and understanding for their father.
... overall themes, and the use of flashbacks. Both of the boys in these two poems reminisce on a past experience that they remember with their fathers. With both poems possessing strong sentimental tones, readers are shown how much of an impact a father can have on a child’s life. Clearly the two main characters experience very different past relationships with their fathers, but in the end they both come to realize the importance of having a father figure in their lives and how their experiences have impacted their futures.
on a beautiful summer day in a small town. The author describes the day as very
The themes that are similar in both of the novels are that guilt is detrimental to oneself and that redemption is key to happiness. These points are especially
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.
Things that are similar about the two novels and how both of their dreams were crushed are both are groups of people who have these dreams and each finds or meets something that can help their dreams come true, the pearl and Candy. Furthermore, the realization of their dreams coming to an end is, in both books, caused by the death of someone who is a part of the dream, Coyotito and Lennie.
...eaders because the stories are woven in a related fashion. They both take place in similar worlds with comparable conflicts. The governments of both are more concerned with keeping their way of life than they are with individual people. Both stories center on a teenage girl who has become targeted by the government because she has upset the norm in some way and has in turn become part of a rebellion. Both of the girls view themselves as being less important than the ones they hold dear. Both book series have different groups in society that are meant to keep the people separate and focused on certain tasks. The two series contain many differences, but when they are stripped to their barest parts, it is evident that they are both meant to serve as tales that will encourage the readers to fight for what is right, no matter how strong the force that they stand against.
Yet, despite their difference in plot, both books have something in common: The role of society is displayed in the opening sentence of each novel.