Compare And Contrast Checkouts And The Girl Who Can

A similarity noticed was the main topic of each story. Each express their view and their experience living in America. Both being girls living in an American society. Both talking about their American identity while being a mix of different ethnicities.

The girl from “Checkouts” and Adjoa from “The Girl Who Can” differ greatly because of the point of view they are written in. In “Checkouts” you can tell what both the girl and the boy are thinking due to the fact that it’s written in third person-omniscient. “He was nervous-” (Rylant 83). “She loved him

A third-person narration story is a separation or indirect involvement of a narrator with the action of a story, and this type of narration can influence the content and the theme of a story. A third-person storyteller can sometimes be all-seeing, also known as omniscient, or they can be limited meaning to adhere firmly to the viewpoint of a specific character or characters. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “Harrison Bergeron” are two good examples of third-person point of view stories. These two stories give the authors the liberty to influence their content and theme across to readers using third-person narration without being biased.

In the two different stories, it is easy to think about what these people had to go through. However, one of their main points

In life, people are not always who they appear to be. Today, a lot of people act like someone their not, to be “cool” or perfect. We see this demonstrated in both “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara and “Tied to Zelda” by David Rice. In “Raymond’s Run,” the fictional character Squeaky sees a common problem. All the girls never really smile. They’re too busy being someone their not. In “Tied to Zelda,” Alfonso does not like to be around Zelda because of her “rough and tough” self. In the end, he sees the truth about Zelda’s personality and becomes her friend. These stories are very different, however, if you look closely you will see a common theme. The author teaches us that one can be someone on the outside, but a whole nother person

Having each story been written in a third-person narrative form, the reader knows the innermost feelings of the

This way the reader gets more of a movie type of feel when reading. Just like movies, the viewer can experience a situation of one character, while another character has no idea what is going on. Using the different point of

interpretations they make about characters or events in a story. This is many times the beauty in

The first short story of the novel is titled, “The Things They Carried”. Being narrated as third-person limited you are offered an outside perspective with only access to Lieutenant Jerry Cross’ thoughts and emotions within the story. Through this narration the interpretation of truth is different than if it were narrated only from Lieutenant Jerry Cross’ perspective. As O’Brien writes, “ It was a bright morning in mid-April. Lieutenant Cross felt pain. He blamed himself.” O’Brien writes as his fictionalized self in which as the narrator he

The narrator will not start talking about things that other people have seen or heard. For example, let's say that Faith saw something but Goodman did not see it or hear it, we will never hear about it because it is only from Goodman's viewpoint. What is also good about having a limited omniscient narrator is that they are not subjective. A first-person narrator is very subjective because they are with one sole character and agree with everything that character has to say because they are always in their minds. A third-person limited omniscient is always with one character, but can also get out of the character's mind and tell it from a narrator's point of view. For example, "They did so; and, by the blaze of the hell-kindled torches, the wretched man beheld his Faith, and the wife her husband, trembling before that unhallowed altar" (344). This is a great example of what I was talking about. He calls Goodman Brown a wretched man which would only happens because it is in third-person omniscient point of view.

For example, Anne and Margot are different in many ways. Anne has a diary and does not get along with anyone in the holocaust. Margot is a peacemaker and likes to make friends. They are alike in many ways also. They all have brown hair. Also, they are all in hiding with their parents.

understanding had it been told from only one perspective by one of the main characters or the

They do not fit in. They have no where to go. They are too different. There are significant parallels between both characters in their pursuit for belonging. Immediately, in The Girl

The main characters in Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone would not have completed their task without the help of their female companions, Eilonwy and Hermione, respectively. However, even Eilonwy and Hermione could not have helped their male companions without first looking inwards at their selves and readjusting their attitudes towards Taran and Harry, respectively. The girls both progress and change over the course of their adventures, and these changes are the ones that help them in the end. Without progressing and experiencing their character development, the main goal of the hero could not have been accomplished. The main character would have failed in their journey without their female friend because the main characters of both books possess certain downfalls that are only made positive by the girl’s influence. Both girls’ character developments are dissimilar but ultimately crucial, despite not being the main characters in their respective stories.

The authors use slightly different narrations in their stories, however they both use their chosen narrations similarly. DeLillo writes this story from a third person limited omniscient narration that permits readers to know the thoughts of the forty-four-year-old male protagonist who is physically and almost certainly mentally ill. "The Other Wife" was written by Colette with a third person omniscient narration where readers are able to know the thoughts of both the husband and wife, Alice and Marc. DeLillo and Colette both use these narration styles to allow readers to know what the characters are thinking and feeling, but they write with an intentional vagueness that entices readers to keep reading because it's hard to tell what is going to happen next. They also use these narration styles to assist in the way that readers understand the characters and their developments in their stories.