Day's Wait Vs Stolen

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“Health is not valued till sickness comes” (Thomas Fuller). “A Day’s Wait” and “Stolen Day” are two stories that take place around a hundred years ago. These two stories occur in small towns of the United States. “A Day’s Wait” is written by Ernest Hemingway. The author of “Stolen Day” is Sherwood Anderson. Hemingway wrote about a true incidence that actually happened to him and his boy. Anderson grew up in a small town in Ohio, and that is where his story took place. “A Day’s Wait” and “Stolen Day” have many similarities and differences. Some similarities between these books include: both the main characters are boys, the boys are both sick, and they both assume that they are going to die. The main character in “A Day’s Wait” is Schatz (Hemingway). …show more content…

One difference between the book was that one boy was faking his sickness, while the other boy was actually ill. The boy in “Stolen Day” pretended to be sick to escape from school and go fishing. He told himself, and his family, that he had inflammatory rheumatism (Anderson). The reason behind choosing inflammatory rheumatism was that a child, Walter, he knew . On the other hand, Schatz was actually sick. He had a doctor come, confirm is fever, and give him medicine. Another difference between the boys is that Sachtaz requested to be alone, while the other boy wanted his mother to pay all on her attention on him. Sachtaz did not desire his father to be there and wanted to be alone. The boy in “Stolen Day” wanted the opposite. Anderson said,” I didn't think much of that when I was up there but when I got downstairs where she was, and when, after I had said I felt better and she only said she was glad and went right on with her work, I began to ache again.” This confirms that the boy really did only want his mother’s attention. The last difference is that the boy from “Stolen Day” is very selfish, while Schatz is brave and considerate. The boy from “Stolen Day” acted selfish when he thought that he was going to die and accusing his family of not paying him enough attention. He almost wanted to die so that his family would feel guilty and heartbroken. However, Schatz was considerat and brave.

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