Egan Analysis

This period of our lives is a one bursting with challenging events and life-changing transitions, don’t you think? However testing this phase may be though, it's how we accept and counteract these alterations that ultimately opens up a deeper understanding of our world and self. J.C. Burke’s thought provoking novel, ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ and John Marsden and Matt Ottley’s heartbreaking picture book ‘Home and away’, address this concept of transition and their challenges associated as each protagonist undergoes a catastrophic journey surrounding a challenged attitude and the need for maturity development.

Take Liesel Meminger and Anne Frank. They have a number of similarities. Both girls living in the same time period, their around the same age. But many differences also separate them. One is a Jew, while

A majority amount of stories may have a similar trait to another piece of writing. A large amount of stories have been compared in ways such as theme, settings, characters, irony, and close evidence of foreshadowing. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and “There Will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury are an example of similar stories by sharing some of the same qualities. These two readings can be said to be identical in some ways by containing a common idea of negative effects of war and the value of the natural world but can be contrasted by being consisted of two different kinds of main characters.

American politician William Hall once stated: “We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.” No matter where we go we can always see similarities in everything. We see similarities in how a musician writes his music, and what he writes about. Just as a musician, we see many similarities in how a writer writes his stories, and what he writes about. Washington Irving uses several similarities in his stories “The Devil and Tom Walker” and “Rip Van Winkle.”

Similarities and differences are present between nearly anything. For instance, two books can be compared in regards to their themes. Likewise, multiple people can be contrasted in regards to their personality. Similarities and differences can be good and bad and they can also help one to clearly see which of the subjects that are being compared are better than the other. Another example of where two subjects can be compared is in Macbeth and The Social Network, in regards to the characters. One may wonder how such different pieces of work could possibly be compared and contrasted, but after analyzing both pieces, it is clear that such similarities and differences exist. Characters

Frank and Vitto’s fathers cause the boys to be innocent and naive as they grow up isolated from society and positive influences. The imperfections of the boys’ fathers have a detrimental impact on their lives. For Vittorio, his father is known to be violent and, although Vitto is barely a witness to attest to this fact, one of his only memories of his father is an abusive one. Vittorio remembers his father becoming angry with Cristina and dealing with this anger by throwing a plate

Different books, despite different storylines, may still address similar themes. What similarities of themes did you find in your paired texts, and how are they obvious in the character's behaviour?

Sometimes in literature, two different forms of writing tell two different stories with lots of similarities through characters. The book The Catcher and The Rye by J.D Salinger and the movie The Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is a perfect example of two different literary works that share similarities through characters. The Dead Poet Society follows half a school year of 5 main characters at Welton Academy each with a different connection to Holden Caulfield the main character from The Catcher in the Rye. These 6 main characters are Neil Perry, the smart one, Richard Cameron, the sycophant, Todd Anderson, who is exceeding shy, Knox Overstreet, the romantic, and Charlie Dalton,

After his opening statements, Brooks begins to explain his point of view concerning each gender’s “well-known” pleasure in literature. He describes that men tend to enjoy books about isolation while women prefer books concerning people’s relationships with one another. While it is positive to point out the differences each gender portrays, Brooks’ presents them in a way that offends. He relies heavily on the stereotypes of society as a whole, and the weaving of gender in society. In a study conducted by two scientists, Laia Beclares and Naomi Priest, it was found that the stereotypical comments made in public has a significant effect on the actions of an individual, both negative and positive. It is stated that “Stereotype threat posits that awareness of a social stereotype that reflects negatively on one's social group can negatively affect the performance of group members” (13). This refutes the points made in Brooks’ essay concerning the many aspects gender plays in society. Many might say this is to do with that fact that biological factors interfere with

similarities. In doing this you can find that two seemingly different people have quite a lot in

To compare humans you are simply comparing ideas. Thoughts, experiences and philosophies that all combine together to create individuals. Two experiences and two people who see the same scenario with different perspectives. Such is the way with Brutus and Cassius. This pair of Roman senators shows us the difficulty of having a realist and an idealist work together, yet the pair manages to overcome their different views on the world to work together and assassinate “the foremost man of all this world.” Though, the pair of friends and lovers differences does not simply end at idealism versus realism. The pair seems to be naturally against each other in terms as ideas, it’s a wonder that with such different personalities, oeadership and

“I think you look lovely,” said Mother, stepping back to admire the dress. (...) “Your mother has excellent taste in dresses,” said the tailor. He was right. The dress was beautiful. The soft grey color made my eyes stand out.” (110-111 Sepetys). This example affects me as a reader because my mom’s opinion on a dress I like really matters to me, and if we both like the dress it is a plus for us. I can relate to Lina because she is happy with her mother and her purchase. In my other book, Every Day by David Levithan, an example of my identity being affected by literature is when the story states, “Rhiannon looks skeptical. “Maybe if you were a petite cheerleader again. But—I’m not sure if you fully realize this—you’re a big, threatening dude today. My mother’s voice is very loud and clear in my head: ‘No dark corners.’ ” (111-113 Levithan ). This example goes with my identity of being female because Rhiannon is not scared of A, but of the person’s body that A is in. From personal experience, I can relate to Rhiannon’s fear of the guy’s body and also her mother’s warning to stay away from “dark corners” because I

Same Kind of Different as Me is a book about an unlikely friendship brought together by a godly woman. One of the reasons that this friendship works out is because they are both, as the title mentions, the “same kind of different.” SInce this is the factor that glues the friendship together, the title of the book plays a significant role throughout the novel.

Sometimes two characters have striking similarities. Their stories take place in different time periods and they have dramatically different experiences and backgrounds, but they still relate to each other. One example of this is Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s Don Quixote. The Great Gatsby is set in the United States during the 1920s, while Don Quixote was written in 1605 in Spain. The two main characters of these stories, Jay Gatsby and Don Quixote, have very similar and different attributes and characteristics. Both men create different persona and names to live out their dreams and people try to stop them from achieving their dream, but the men have different levels of success.

When the same person features in the literature of two different stories written by the same author, they often show differences between behavior and description.