Compare and Contrast Two Short Stories

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

Although the stories’ main components mirror each other, they still differentiate. For example, in “The Devil and Tom Walker,” everyone believes Tom has made a deal with the devil, whereas in “Young Goodman Brown,” the author questions the actuality

These two stories have few things in common that can be described in a way that

In conclusion, while both stories have similar cuisines, their settings and points of views are fairly different.

The settings in the two stories are similar in the way that they both take place in a small town with a sense of poverty. The adults are portrayed as authoritative and the narrators feel trapped.

These two stories were also very different, they were written in different views. The second story was written in first person, it told a story about a past experience. The first story was very general, it related to many women readers,

The narrators in the two stories both possess similar traits, but some aspects of each narrator are distinct. In “The Tell Tale Heart,” the narrator is

The similarities between the stories may not appear very apparent at first over closer analyzation the appear more apparent .Both stories are focused around a brother and a sister whom

The protagonists in both stories made each story interesting and entertaining. Even though they are

Dahl develops suspense throughout “The Landlady” by introducing an unfamiliar location for Billy Weaver, Bath, England. Since Dahl set the story in Bath, an undoubtedly shabby city, he increases Billy Weaver’s tension, which many feel when they are in a new place. Due to Billy’s nervousness of the unaccustomed environment, he accepts multiple peculiarities of the landlady that he may not have at home. For instance, Billy fails to recognize the odd selectiveness of applicants the landlady has. “ ‘But the trouble is that I am inclined to be just a teeny weeny bit choosy and particular- if you see what I mean’” (Dahl 2). Dahl forms suspense with the reader as they begin to question whether Billy Weaver will discover the landlady’s horrific intentions. However, it is quite normal for someone to not be able to see awfully apparent events upon an unfamiliar situation. For example, the article, “Fear of the Unknown” explains, “Every time an individual encounters an unfamiliar situation, the fear manifests itself, and prevents an individual from taking the right decision in life” (Perry). In Billy’s situation, his fear of unfamiliar surroundings forces him to take the landlady’s word for everything. Therefore, the landlady easily manipulates Billy and creates a distorted perception of safeness and comfort, which also prevents Billy from recognizing he is in the face of potential death. As Dahl continues to foreshadow that the landlady is a possible threat, the reader begins to

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

Compare two short stories where the characters face difficult situations We are comparing the stories ‘Flight’ by Doris Lessing and ‘Your shoes’ by Michele Roberts. They both deal with the issue of daughters leaving home and how it affects the whole family. In ‘Flight’, the granddad is affected most severely but in ‘Your Shoes’, it is the mother. ‘Your Shoes’ is written in a first person narrative from the mother’s perspective.

When Henry returns, he has no desire to ride in the red convertible, no desire to wear the bright colored clothes he used to dawn-- instead Henry just liked to sit around and sob about the war. The quote from the middle of the story, speaking about the television, and how Henry just sat “in front of it, watching it, and that was the only time he

Another similarity between these two stories is that both of the characters have husbands who take