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Grant And Lee Compare And Contrast Patricia Park And Bruce Catton

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Two Narrators in Contrasts Comparing two narrators is very difficult; especially for a person who is not particularly strong in writing. Unfortunately, I consider myself as such a person. However, I will try to compare two narrators, Patricia Park, the author of the essay “Where are you from?” and Bruce Catton, the narrator of “Grant and Lee: a study in contrast.” Even though both their works are comparing and contrasting essays, the narrators use a different narration style, tone and genre. Patricia Park and Bruce Catton have the different narrative styles. In the essay “Where are you from?” Patricia Park uses the first-person narration to focus on how she views the events of the story. She shares her thoughts and feelings with readers. While in the story “Grant and Lee: a study in contrast”, Bruce Catton writes in the third- person narrative style. The author does not let the reader into the mind or feelings of any one character and presents the events and characters in an objective way …show more content…

Tone is an essential compound of any composition. Tone represents the attitudes and feelings a narrator has towards the subject, situation or the intended audience. In her essay “Where are you from?” Patricia Park uses the informal tone, her words sound sarcastic. For instance, she writes, “We are constantly told to look to that other home, our “real” home… What exactly awaits us when we ‘return’ to the quote-unquote motherland” (Park, p. 358). In contrast to the narrator of “Where are you from?” Bruce Catton, uses the formal tone. His writing’s tone sounds neutral. He writes about historical facts and shows neither for nor against the attitude towards his

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