Abundance of Similarities Dark. Chaos. Uncertainty. Two worlds in one story. All of these things are, in my opinion, what makes The Circle Trilogy: Black by Ted Dekker and The Maze Runner by James Dashner amazing books. While reading The Circle Trilogy: Black, I never realized how much it is like The Maze Runner. That is, until I started comparing the two. The characters, the plot, the setting, the chaos, the darkness, and the uncertainty are all so similar. And these few things are just the beginning of an abundance of similarities. Both novels fall under the dystopian/science-fiction genre. A dystopian society is one that is controlled by one person or a group of people. They are controlling, unpleasant to live in, frightening, and are …show more content…
Thomas goes back and forth between two worlds. One is like the normal earth we live on, and one was a little bit more of what seemed to be a fantasy world. Thomas is just a normal human, except for the fact that everytime he falls asleep, he goes to the other world. For example, “Dream, Thomas. Dream long. Dream big.” (Dekker, 392). Kara tells Thomas this because he goes back to the other world, and they have reason to believe that that world is helping him fix things in the world with Kara. This causes confusion between what is real and what is just a dream. He fights this throughout the whole book, not understanding which world was real, which world he really had a life in, or whether or not he was just dreaming through all of it. However, eventually he came to the conclusion that both worlds were real and they even affected each other. Although it was hard to wrap the human mind around reality being both worlds, he was able to recognize the fact that he actually was not dreaming and that neither world was fantasy for him. For the reader, however, I think each person will still have their own opinions as to what is real and what is fantasy, whether both are, neither are, or only one is and the other is just a
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.
The underlying themes of the stories are l valid contrasts between the works. In some portions the themes are of the same facets, such as how in both books two men have a direct conflict between
The basic ideas of the two novels are also similar. They have to do with rebellion against the so-called perfect new world and the sanctuary
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.
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.
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.
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
In particular, the surreal and hallucinatory atmosphere that both books exude that is made more vivid by the use of first person that all of these narratives have in common, the nonchalance and numbness with which the characters react to what would have horrified them in any other context, and the machinelike and almost animalistic aspects that they take on when confronted or overwhelmed are recurrent throughout all of these
... 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.
When he was young, Dresden Germany where he lived was bombed and his whole family died including his pregnant wife Anna. He writes phrases into his notebook and has the words ‘yes’ and ‘no’ tattooed onto his hands. He later moved to AMerica to get over the loss of Anna and happens to meet his sister. Thomas doesn’t love Anna but he marries her anyways. However when she gets pregnant, the Grandpa moves away and does not come back for a long time because he cannot live with himself (Fore
There are two sides, good and evil, the main characters are usually on quests and have a companion, and the weather matches the mood of people involved in the story. Also, in both “Lirael” of course the “L.O.T.R.” magic is used frequently. ‘Train of thought’ is not used often though as so much is happening in the novel. To summarise although all stories within a certain Genre are totally contrasting, they are similar in their sentence structure, characters, and of course… storyline.
... eventually realizes it can only temporarily satiate his desire for knowledge and friendship, and that eventually, he like all other people, must grow up and move on to new passions and explorations. The entire book in fact returns to this idea many times as Tom has to grapple with the meaning and importance of time. In the same way that Tom must solve the problems he faces, all people must learn to answer the seemingly unanswerable questions of life. At some point or another, we all face situations that seem impossible, but as Tom comes to learn there is always a reason or some explanation for the route life takes. As Tom constantly questions the concept of time and reality versus imagination, we too must ask the same questions for, as Pearce asks many times throughout the novel, “What is time?” (Pearce 168) and how can the seemingly impossible really happen?
These two authors are very similar. Both use dark, surrealistic language. Both men show different aspects of the descent into madness. Also both men use a descriptive, intelligent writing style. Instead of appealing to your emotions, or telling you what you should be feeling, they describe what is happening. Their descriptions may induce certain emotions, such as disgust, fear, or sadness, but they appeal first to the mind. They appeal first to the mind, and when the mind dictates to the heart that this is wrong, or strange, then the heart stirs and provides the appropriate emotion. Their writing styles may have their differences, but on the whole they are more alike than they are different.
Aside from the conditions, which lead to the creation of these works, they share a number of other common threads. Symbolism aside these works are very similar on the surface. Both are a collection of seemingly disjointed images, which when put together by the reader or observer serve up a strong social message. That messages being that the wars and conflicts of the times have twisted the world. This is reinforced by the contorted and misshapen images in both works.
The biggest similarity between the two stories is the notion of moral decline; the beings start off as peaceful things that don’t need homes, food or anything. As time goes on they need those things and more. After a while they start stealing from each other and eventually hurt each other.