I Used to Live Here Once by Jean Rhys

Throughout the years there have been many poets and writers who all have different thoughts and ideas on things that they write. In some way or another all stories are alike. How they are interpreted and read are important factors in reading. When reading a poem or a story there is always a deeper meaning involved in them. The authors of the literature try to capture the readers by utilizing characterization, rhythm and realistic experiences. Our imagination is what will help us visualize what the author intended us to perceive.

In this essay I will provide the difference between two stories and I will also show the similarities in them. The two that I have chosen are “Dog’s Death” by John Updike, which is a poem and “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys, which is a short story. John Updike has been writing since he was very young. Shortly after he graduated from Harvard he sold his first story (Samuels, 1969). Updike is a detailed realist, filling his stories with facts that guarantee belief (Samuels, 1969). Jean Rhys used her life, in all its painful rawness, as the material from which she formed her fiction (Carr, 2012). Both writers put their personal lives into their writing.

The main reason for selecting these works is that, both these literary works are focused on the same theme and idea. They both have a deeper meaning underneath of the words and are condensed but still tell so much in the story. By the way they are described it attracts our attention toward the understanding of content, form and style of the two. Comparing these two literary works I will emphasize on what is similar in them. In contrasting I will emphasize on the differences. You may think when first start reading them that they are based on the sam...

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...ur text is significant factors that direct us toward the final conclusion of any story. Each story though has similarities are all told from different authors. The differences are what make the literary work unique for the readers. It is all in how the reader interprets the story or poem. Whenever we read something we tend to compare and contrast it to the literary work we read before that story. The authors that we choose to read and enjoy are chosen because we decided that we liked their style. This is how we choose what author that we like the best.

Works Cited

Carr, H. (2012). Jean Rhys [electronic resource] / Helen Carr. Tavistock : Northcote House,

2012.

Clugston, R.W. (2010). Journey into literature. Retrieved from https:// content.ashford.edu

Samuels, C. (1969). John Updike [electronic resource]. Minneapolis, MN : University of

Minnesota Press, 1969