Comparing Pete And Donald's Life

However, Pete’s need for his brother is not as recognizable as Donald’s need for Pete. In the story, Pete has an addiction to the superficial, materialistic things life has to offer. When questioned what Pete dreams about he says, “Sex and money. Mostly money. A nightmare is when I dream I don’t have any.” Even with the prosperity Pete has he is still not satisfied with riches he has; forcing him to seek after other sources of pleasure, such as skydiving. Pete relies on Donald to show him the true meaning of life. Donald focuses his life on relationships,religion, and helping others, things that disgusts Pete. Pete’s dependency on Donald is symbolised through Pete’s dream: “‘There was something wrong with me, and you were helping out. Taking care of me. Just the two of us. I don’t know where everyone else was supposed to be.’ Pete left it at that. He didn’t tell tell Donald that in this dream he was blind.” The dream symbolises Pete’s blindness to the meaning in life. Donald shows Pete the meaning to life, something Pete is blind to. Without Donald, Pete would be unable to find true happiness in life as he would continuously search for the superficial, temporal things life

Drew ends up finding the man at his apartment and they start to talk. The man tells Drew to call him Donald. Drew finds out that Donald was a basketball legend until there was a fire and everybody thought he had died in the fire. Instead of telling people he was alive he keeps it a secret and gives himself a different name. Because of these events, Donald never finished high school. Drew and his girlfriend Callie try to talk Donald into going back to get his GED. Drew and Donald become great friends and Donald starts going to Drew’s games and helps him improve on the court.

There is also a shark that is “playing around” near the boat; curiously, it does not seem to even acknowledge their presence. The realization that they have no purpose brings them to the brink of despair. In the beginning of the story, the author describes the “dawn of seven turned faces.” These are faces of the “seven mad gods” who are apathetic towards the men; moreover, they are part of nature. Towards the end of the story, the correspondent recalls a childhood verse that helps him to understand nature’s indifference. Through their experience together, the four men realize that all they have is each other. The correspondent feels sympathy suddenly for a dying soldier, one who does not even exist, “The correspondent, …dreaming…was moved by a profound and perfectly impersonal comprehension. He was sorry for the soldier of the Legion who lay dying in Algiers.” Being in the current situation, the correspondent finally understands the tragedy of the dying soldier. He realizes what it is like to be alone in a cruel world and more importantly, he realizes he does not have to be alone. When he first heard the story, he was also indifferent towards the soldier, just as nature is indifferent towards the rest of the world. He now understands what it is to be human. Crane opens a view of reality that first seems bitter, but in the end, stands as

Even though the oiler suffered on his journey on the open boat all of the characters were victims of life’s unfortunate and twisted series of events. These four men have possibly gone through a shipwreck that left them stranded in the middle of the ocean without any tools for survival aside from a small dinghy. This event in itself is unfortunate enough, but for these men it is barley the beginning. They endure rough seas, fatigue and endless rowing alongside several other complications during their desolation at sea. Nearing the end of the story a large and furious wave completely runs

Thirdly, “The Rich Brother” Pete feels he is responsible for his brother after his parent’s death. He thinks that Donald is hard to handle since he sees the goodness in every people and could be easily be fooled. In the article,

Pete being the rich brother, could not see that what he thought to be a dream, may not be everyones dream. Donald’s dream was to become very spirititual and to find the fate of his soul. Pete did not want to understand Donald’s point of view, because he thought it was less than worth his time. In Pete eyes, helping his brother had become a burden, and he just wanted to be done with him all together. Greed had become the face of Pete.

There were love and sympathy within them. When Donald struggled with financial, Pete was always there for his brother despite all the spitefulness that they had for each other when they were young. Pete was a person who is rich by heart and a soulful person. “Pete, could I borrow a couple of dollars?” (326). By saying Pete always being with his brother, Donald, it was always a matter of money instead of asking help for finding jobs opportunity nor a stable life. In spite of all the problems that Donald has brought to Pete, Pete would always give out a hand to his brother. “ I only have one brother, and that’s enough” (325). Although there were misunderstanding while growing up, all they have was each other. That is what kept Pete being such a soulful and rich in heart. By saying that having one brother is enough, it significantly shows that regardless of the wealth that he had, it would always be enough for him. This is the kind of richness that Pete has. He was rich in a way of money but most importantly, he was rich by

Although it may seems like the story contains a lot of love and warmth between the two brothers, there seems to have more spitefulness toward each other. For example, while Pete still cared for Donald fairly enough even though they are at the age that shouldn’t requires that kind of care anymore, also seems to think Donald is useless in life. Pete has always been there for Donald, but mostly financially. Pete thinks that the problem with Donald is only about monetary and believes Donald would be able to change if he gets himself together. It shows that Pete who is rich in real life doesn’t have anything except the money which he revolves his world around. It reveals how narrow his view at life is compare to Donald’s. Donald, on the other hand, doesn’t think life is all about just money, wealth, and position. He believes there is more to life than that and he lives his life the way he sees fits. He understood the meaning of life and knew how to live which made him the rich person compare to his brother who doesn’t know anything but thinks the fame and wealth is only what matters in life. It’s the heart that makes a man rich. He’s rich according to what he is, not according to what he

Walter invests all the money Mama inherited from the passing of her husband into his new business endeavors. Unfortunately, Walter’s business partner, Willy Harris, did not have any intentions of using Walter’s money for business purposes. Willy Harris vacates town with all of Walter’s money, leaving him with nothing but broken dreams. Walter was too blinded by his visions of prosperity to see through Willy’s lies. “I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy…

In "The Open Boat," Crane writes of the "EXPERIENCE OF FOUR MEN FROM THE SUNK STEAMER COMMODORE" (743). Having escaped the sunken ship, the four men--the cook, the correspondent, the oiler, and the captain--are now in a dinghy sailing obstinately in the midst of a seething ocean for the coast of Florida. From the beginning of the story till the end, one can admire these honest men, who confront such a dangerous environment.

While I was reading the story I would go back and forth on whose side of the story I was more sympathetic with. I am a person that likes to analyze all the sides to every story and try to understand why they would act that way. As a result, I ended up siding with Pete’s side of the story more than Donald’s. Starting off Pete has made a life for himself and is independent and has a family of his own to take care of. On the first page the audience sees that Pete is enjoying his life and doing activities that many would love to do, however, when he tries to share the amazing experience with his brother all Donald do was judge him for spending too much money. Even though Pete and Donald are not really the closest of brothers it is obvious that

He seemed to be doing better than Maggie, and could provide a way to a better life. Pete showers attention upon Maggie, leading her to believe that he is genuinely interested in her. Sadly for Maggie, Pete is not what he seems to be. He works in a bar, and regales Jimmie and Maggie with tales of the fights he got into at his job (Crane 969). His attitude is one of fighting, and he’s proud of that fact, which a reader would be hesitant to trust. Even his shoes are described as “[looking] like murder-fitted weapons” (Crane 967), which seems to scream that he’s not a man that is going to do better. Maggie doesn’t realize this, though, when she must decide whether to go with him or stay home after the battle of her mother and brother. For her, it’s either a chance to remain the way she’s always been, or the possibility of improvement. She chooses Pete, which leads her to the downward spiral ending with prostitution and death. Maggie could have avoided this by saying no and staying home. Her life may not have led to grandeur, and instead meant a life in a terrible factory, full of monotony and unhappiness, but it would have kept her away from the awful place she ends in. Even if neither option was fabulous, she did have a choice.

Charlie finds out that his father gave his $3 million fortune to his brother’s mental institution, Walbrook, for a brother he didn’t know he even had.

“well well well if it isn’t Donald,” said Logan who now has the urge to leave. Just because Logan’s friend was here did not mean his day got better. Donald always seemed to ruin the mood with his sad, and negative outcomes on everything. If they were on the top of a Ferris wheel Donald would

Pete and Donald are brothers who have little in common. Stable and successful Pete is a real estate agent in Santa Cruz. He has two daughters, a sailboat, and a great deal of money. Donald is something of a drifter, never keeping a job for long, often migrating from one religious commune to another. While Pete is at home in the world and looks healthy and comfortable, Donald is gaunt and obsessed with the fate of his soul.