“The Waiting” and “My Cousin Clarette” both have two pairs of girls. In “The Waiting” the girls are Henrietta and Juliette. In “My Cousin Clarette,” the girls were Clarette and Victoria. There were defense mechanisms, character growth, and psychological make up within the two pairs which made them either different or the same. A way that made the two pairs similar is that they are all relatives, and Clarette and Juliette were two faced. There were also differences between the two pairs such as the fact that Henrietta and Juliette actually loved each other, whereas Clarette and Victoria pretend to do so. Furthermore there were defense mechanisms, character growths, and a two faced personality among the two pairs. Both of the pairs did not have defense mechanisms. In “My Cousin Clarette,” every time Clarette mocked Victoria, Victoria stayed silent and accepted her cousin’s words. In no way did Victoria ever defend herself against Clarette’s bullying. In the other story, Henrietta was a very quiet girl and her sister, Juliette, was the opposite of her. Their mom would often talk about her daughters and was very boastful of Juliette but not much of Henrietta. Even though Henrietta heard all these things, she stayed quiet and never defended herself which made people think she was even more shy. …show more content…
Henrietta, who was once very quiet, almost invisible, steps onto a stage full of many people and finally comes out of her comfort zone. At the end of “The Waiting,” Juliette still thinks that she is superior to her sister, but others would find Henrietta more attractive. The pair in “My Cousin Clarette” did not display much character growth. At the end of the story, Victoria still seemed jealous when seeing Clarette. At the train station, she saw Clarette being perfect as always and looked down on herself because she did not even have matching
Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard both did some similar targets in their lives, at the end it lead them to unexpected situations. Christopher McCandless was a young man who didn't believe in society and he chose to get away from that and left everything he had, including his family. He developed important relationships with key people that helped him on his journey into the wild. Similarly Adam Shepard was a young man who left with only $25 and a sleeping bag to go prove his point that the american dream does exist and to see if he can achieve it in a couple of months. Overall comparing McCandless and Shepard, Christopher McCandless had a greater impact in people, motivated many, and was selfish in plenty of good ways.
Jeanne and Elie have many similarities and differences. Not only did they both go through the same thing, but they also went through some very different experiences. Jeanna and Elie were around the same age and their emotions were somewhat different because of the different experiences.
The mother and daughter have a very distant relationship because her mother is ill and not capable to be there, the mother wishes she could be but is physically unable. “I only remember my mother walking one time. She walked me to kindergarten." (Fein). The daughter’s point of view of her mother changes by having a child herself. In the short story the son has a mother that is willing to be helpful and there for him, but he does not take the time to care and listen to his mother, and the mother begins to get fed up with how Alfred behaves. "Be quiet don't speak to me, you've disgraced me again and again."(Callaghan). Another difference is the maturity level the son is a teenager that left school and is a trouble maker. The daughter is an adult who is reflecting back on her childhood by the feeling of being cheated in life, but sees in the end her mother was the one who was truly being cheated. “I may never understand why some of us are cheated in life. I only know, from this perspective, that I am not the one who was.” (Fein). The differences in the essay and short story show how the children do not realize how much their mothers care and love
What if a child thought their grandmother did not like them? This is what Sarah Revere, the daughter of the famous Paul Revere, thinks of her Grandmother’s attitude towards her, in the novel, The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi. Sarah Revere is the daughter of the famous Paul Revere, and in this novel, she thinks Grandma Revere is against her. Frequently, Grandma is terrorizing Sarah and her siblings because she is blaming them for their birth mother’s death. Sarah is having a difficult time dealing with grandma who is treating her with disrespect. Also, not liking her as much as she likes Debby, because Sarah does not have the pox marks. While Grandma Revere and Sarah Revere possess related character traits such as being reckless and grateful, they also display different traits such as being
Flannery O’Connor grew up in the 1940s which was a time when America was rapidly changing. At this time there was a great divide in class structure. This dramatic separation of classes instilled a sense of superiority and hypocrisy in the minds of the upper class individuals. The attitudes of O’Connor’s characters in “Revelation” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” reveal a lot about the tainted mindset of those living in the south during that time. In both stories Flannery O’Connor is able to juxtapose the superior and hippocratic attitudes of upper with the attitudes of the lower class people during this civil war period.
Watching her past lover marry a woman who is “good and pure” (25) rather than herself angers the speaker. Because she went against the norms of Victorian society, which is paralleled by the praise the neighbours place on her cousin for remaining pure. However, the speaker in “Cousin Kate” has a child with her former lover, and although she appears happy, she refers to her son not by name, but as subhuman reminder of her actions; “my shame” (45). The symbolic nature of this name shows the regret and humiliation she will carry for the remainder of her life, as birthing an illegitimate child has caused her to become even more of an outcast in Victorian
Both stories were written in different years, but both are written about women in the same era. When women went against the norm during the era the stories were written in they were often looked down on. Especially, Emily, who never married and because she was never married she was constantly judged by the women and men in her city. During that time, it was odd for women not to be married. Emily eventually found someone, but it was known that he was a homosexual.
Both women have lost their rights of being free based on their role of gender in their societies. Although both stories convey similarly by the ideal role of women and their freedom they differentiate by their responses from the freedom being taken away. Louise in “The Story of an Hour” dies from a sudden realization of her husband is alive and her bright future being doomed whereas, Elisa in “The Chrysanthemums” pressures down her anger of freedom being taken away from her by drinking a glass of wine and crying which soon makes her realize that she can live without freedom. Both authors Chopin and Steinbeck show a clear understand of the time period where women were told to live under the shadows of doing daily household jobs conversely now all men and women have equal rights of freedom and the joy of
Some people think that if they could only change one aspect of their lives, it would be perfect. They do not realize that anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different main characters, wishes, and resolutions.
Why do directors choose to stay faithful to or depart from a text when they are producing a film? Many directors choose to either alter or maintain literary elements such as characters, plot, and resolution from a text. The presence or lack of these specific features affects the audience. For instance, in the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, a classic short horror story written by W.W. Jacobs, and its accompanying film, the similarities and differences in the characters, plot, and resolution have an effect on the readers and viewers.
In “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich the two main characters Lyman and Henry are brothers that have an amazing relationship with one another. In the beginning of the story Erdrich writes about how Lyman and Henry bought a gorgeous red convertible; and together they went on plenty of road trips and bonded over the car. On the other hand, the two siblings in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” don’t have that same sibling bond. The siblings in “Everyday Use”, Maggie and Dee, are complete opposites. Dee is extremely vain, snobbish, and outspoken while Maggie is coy, insecure, and timid. Although Maggie and Dee aren’t as close as Lyman and Henry, they still have a very complex relationship in terms of being “close” to one another even though it seems as if they’re from two different planets. In the stories “Everyday Use” and “The Red Convertible”, the characters share one particular trait which is
While some differences between Ventura College and the colleges that Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus wrote about in their essay are evident, the similarities are salient. Ventura College meets the characteristics that Hacker and Dreifus described in their essay, Ventura College has a low tuition rates, small class sizes, and all students have access to counselors and instructors. The only difference between Ventura College and the colleges that Hacker and Dreifus talked about is funding. Ventura College doesn’t cost a lot of money to attend, but is experience it provides actually worth the price?
Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ has two main female characters, Beatrice and Hero, who are cousins. Both appear to be completely different in the beginning of the play but, as things progress and their characters develop, there are also some very obvious similarities between them. Hero and Beatrice have a very close relationship; they are best friends. Leonato is Hero’s father but Beatrice has no parents, which gives her greater freedom. Where Hero is polite, quiet, respectful and gentle, Beatrice is feisty, cynical, witty, and sharp.
In the famous novel and movie series, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, an average teenage girl, Bella Swan, is forced to move from Arizona (where she lived with her mother) to Washington to start an almost new life with her father. She attends a small-town high school with mostly average people, besides one family, the Cullens. As Bella and Edward Cullen get closer, she uncovers a deep secret about him and his family. Their relationship faces many hard challenges and conflicts as the story develops. Both the novel and movie share very similar storylines, however, differ in many ways. From themes to author’s craft, or to relationships, these important parts of the story highlight the significant differences and similarities of Twilight.
My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor, is a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and Pygmalion is an adaptation of Ovid’s story Pygmalion and the Statue. Both the book and the film have similarities in their characters and plot; however, they differ in terms of the take on the Archetypes within Ovid’s story. While both deal with the same archetypes, Cukor’s musical fits better in terms of Archetypal Criticism. In Ovid’s story, Pygmalion has a strong dislike for the women where he lives, except the women he creates.