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…
monster is a Chupacabra and “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” is more American and the monster it is a goblin. Additionally, cultural backgrounds are extremely different for example, the descriptions in both stories are different in “The Three Cabritos” takes place on the border of Texas on a ranch near the Rio Grande surrounded by cactus and excrement. Also in the sketches, the goats are cartoon as your plain farm animals and the cabritos are drawn in overalls holding their instruments. In “The Three Cabritos” the cabritos are given Hispanic culture names: Reynaldo, Orlando, and Augustin. The purpose crossing the bridge for the cabritos is different from the Billy goats. “One day the three cabritos heard there was going to be a fiesta just across the border in Mexico. “Lets Go!” The three cabritos said” (Kimmel 3). They want to go the fiesta to dance and play all night. In “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” takes place around a meadow surrounded by trees and flowers. In “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” are not given names just Little Billy Goat Gruff, Middle Billy Goat Gruff, and Great Big Billy Goat Gruff. ““Yes”, said his big brother, Great Big Billy Goat Gruff. “All we have to do is cross the wooden bridge, and we can eat to our hearts’ content”” (Randall 3). The reason for them crossing the bridge was because they were eating all the grass on their side. Which was a different reason for why the cabritos wanted to cross the bridge Not to mention other abound dissimilarities, in “The Three Cabritos” the cabritos each play a different instrument.
“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…
destinations. In addition, both the cabrito’s and Billy goats had to face their beast in different ways, to either be able to play their instruments or to eat the grass. The cabritos are challenged by a big blue beast with horns coming out his back and sharp claws called a Chupacabra. “The Chupacabra is a legendary creature who attacks farm animals at night. Chupacabra was first reported in Puerto Rico. Subsequently sighting followed in Florida, Texas, and Mexico. There is absolutely no scientific evidence that Chupacabra exists. So they say” (Kimmel 29). In “The Three Cabritos” from younger to oldest they tell the Chupacabra to wait for the older brother he is bigger and fatter each time a cabritos passes, he must play his instrument until the Chupacabra tells them that they can pass. While the goats on the other hand face a hairy green beast called a troll. The troll, “He was green, with a great big head and a bright red nose. There were warts on his chin and hair on his chin, and his terrible teeth were long and pointy and yellow. And he was smelly” (Randall 5). The goats tell the troll to wait from smaller goat to bigger goat for his bigger, fatter brother, the same thing happens to the middle goat. Not to mention, both behemoth want to eat the animals in both fables. As can be seen in both stories, the smaller goat and the cabrito tell the monster to wait for the middle brother because he’s bigger and fatter to eat.
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
ways. Overall, I feel like both stories bring two different qualities and values. Both stories have two sharp distinctions between Hispanic culture and American culture, the main idea in "The Three Cabritos" is for the cabritos to cross the bridge to Mexico to go to a fiesta “The three cabritos played all night at the fiesta. When they went home in the morning, the crossed the bridge together. No one worried about Chupacabra anymore. So they say” (Kimmel 27). The cabritos went home to their mother safe and sound with no worries. In “The Three Billy Goats Gruff" the goat is leaving where they live to find more grass to eat. “All three of them ate them ate yummy green, grass, and they grew bigger and fatter, and happier every day! The End” (Randall 24). They get to their destination to find fields of grass everywhere. Both with different version of the how the beast is conquered and how they crossed the bridge, but with different endings. All things considered, it is the same story just with different cultivations. Works-Cited Page Kimmel, Eric A, and Stephen Gilpin. The Three Cabritos. Amazon Children's Publishing, 2017. Randall, Ronne, and Gavin Scott The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Parragon, 2013.
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.
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.
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
“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.
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
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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
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.
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.
“Roman Fever” and “Hills Like White Elephants” are two stories that on surface seem very different from one another, but through careful analysis the two are quite similar. Their similarities are mainly evident through the significant use of the dialogues in the both stories. “Roman Fever” has a third person omniscient narrator which the author allows to know the inner private thoughts of both characters, Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley. In contrast, “Hills Like White Elephants” is composed in a third person limited narrative where very little is known about the thoughts of both Jig and the American. At first Ernest Hemingway’s short story can clearly be viewed as the most ambiguous out of the two. With its simplistic style, written mostly in straightforward dialogue which leaves the readers to contemplate over the ultimate outcome of the story and forces them to ...
During the late 19th century and early 20th century, a form of Mexican folk music called the corrido gained popularity along the Mexico-Texan border (Saldívar). Growing from the Spanish romance tradition, the corrido is a border ballad “that arose chronicling the history of border conflicts and its effects on Mexican-Mexican culture” (Saldívar). A sort of “oral folk history,” the corrido was studied intensely by Américo Paredes, who then constructed his masterpiece, George Washington Gomez, around the “context and theme” of the corrido (Mendoza 146). But the novel is not a traditional corrido, in which the legendary hero defends his people and dies for his honor. Instead, through its plot, characterization, and rhetorical devices, George Washington Gomez is an anti-corrido.
“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 ...