A Comparison : A Short Story : The Story

What would you experience if you were getting attacked by a reptile? If you want to know the similarities of sound of thunder and being prey. Then learn about setting, conflict and the protagonist characters. This will tell you the similarities and differences of both of these short stories. This concludes this area of session of the essay

“ We haven’t spoken in a long time,” Chris answered, “ And about that divorce, when she first left she wanted one, but I wouldn’t allow one. I thought she would eventually come back, but she never did. But I promise I didn’t do it!”

“Definitely not. The castle is a den of rumors, as you well know, and I’ve heard… things. Not that I engage in gossip, but it’s unavoidable. People… talk.”

Over the past month our class have read short stories about African Americans during and after slavery. In the short stories that we have read each victim experienced a dark time in their lives, but each person experienced it a little bit differently. Each person somehow seemed to overcome their adversity to achieve their goals, which they became a better person for their ancestors who suffered. Three stories that caught my attention the most was The Wife of his youth, Incidents in the life of a slave girl, and Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas. Each story the author identifies a theme or gives an idea to the readers. The short stories that I have selected, all of the stories have similar themes such as slavery, but each story

place nearly forty years apart. After a second read, however, it was easy to notice a distant

“God I can’t believe you are going on a date with him, you are going to be the envy of all the other women on campus. Maybe you can find out why him and his girlfriend broke up.”

“Or so I have heard,” chimed Margaret, “But besides, what else is there to know about that, considering that it is not a dark secret?”

Zach replied at the top of his lungs, “No I went to get my homework so it wasn’t late work or missing work.”

Fang rubbed his chin. “And the queen allowed this? I thought the doctor had helped her and from what I hear, Bethany too.”

Carlston straightened up in his seat. “Got him. He’s on his cell phone—and coming through the doors!”

“Yep. I’m a writer. I try to write in a way that emancipates myself from my struggles, while empowering other teens my age.” I felt this was an intellectual response. But judging by the girl’s faces, ¾ of them felt otherwise.

One way to compare two stories' is to compare their themes. A theme is the subject of a talk, a person’s thoughts, or a topic. In this paper, it will show the difference between two stories themes and how they both show kids doing unexplainable things. Two stories compared only on the differences of the themes. Charles and The Open Window show many differences, but also show similar ways among kids and the way their minds work.

What could they do? It was clear this was as far as he was going. But Paul wasn’t giving him the other half of the money either. He had the pistol if Miguel wanted to take things any further.

Almost everyone from different culture that lives in another country has some issues when trying to raise their family. For me, that im living this experience, it’s a little difficult to adapt in the society. But when I read the short story “Everyday Use” and the “A pair of tickets” I find myself. Because I feel inspired by these two stories, I choose to compare the character of Dee and June May Woo.

It was a lazy day for Mary and I when I asked the question ,“What is on these papers?”. “Nothing that matters just leave them alone.” She replies. She goes to her closet to look for a movie. I go for the papers to see what they say. I reach for them and I am about to start reading them when she spots me opening them up. “Meaghan stop!” she yells.