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David And Goliath And Casey At Bat Essay

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In the poem “Casey at Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison and contrast will show several differences and similarities between David and Casey. The first similarity between David and Casey is that both of them are very confident in the task that they have to accomplish. Text from “Casey at Bat” says, “There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face. And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt ‘twas Casey at the bat.” “David and Goliath” says, “Today the Lord will help me defeat you. I’ll knock you down and cut off your head, and I’ll feed the bodies of the other Philistine soldiers to the birds and wild animals.” “Casey at Bat” explains how Casey was very confident …show more content…

He killed him without even using a sword.” Secondly, this quote explains how David killed Goliath and succeeded greatly.Secondly, a difference between Casey and David is that Casey had an encouraging crowd at his baseball game that was very confident in him, whereas David had no encouragement from the people around him. “Casey at Bat” says, “Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell; It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell; It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat, For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.” As the first quote explains how Casey had a huge crowd cheering him on that was very confident in him. In “David and Goliath” it says, “Some soldiers overheard David talking, so they told Saul what David had said. Saul sent for David, and David came. 32 “Your Majesty,” he said, “this Philistine shouldn’t turn us into cowards. I’ll go out and fight him myself!” 33 “You don’t have a chance against him,” Saul replied. “You’re only a boy, and he’s been a soldier all his life.” No one had faith in David and no one thought that David would succeed, which is explained in this quote.A final difference between Casey and David is that Casey was independent, but David was not

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