It is crazy how similar stories can be with their theme, ideas, and characters. This is the case with “The Lie” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan. The similarities between the stories include; both had parental pressure (both children have to carry oodles of pressure from their parents). In both stories, there is also a mutual correspondence of the children having a breaking point. One last way the two stories are congruous is each has a parent and child confrontation. These two short stories are similar in many ways, and these are just a few of the ways they are. One of the significant similarities between “Rules of the Game” and “The Lie” is parental pressure. In both short stories, both the parents of Eli and …show more content…
In “The Lie”, When Eli’s dad tries to convince the members of the board into letting Eli into the school, it states,“Eli stood, his face filled with incredulity and shame that were instant.‘You what ?’ he said, and there was no childness in the way he said it. Next came anger. ‘You shouldn’t have done that’” (Vonnegut 6). This shows Eli is very, very indignant at his father because he tried to convince the members of the board to let his son into the school. Since Eli is clearly infurious, this demonstrates Eli is having a breaking point. In “Rules of the Game”, Waverly also has a breaking point. Her breaking point comes when she gets in an argument with her mother and feels as if her mom is trying to “show her off.” It states, “Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess” (Tan 9). This shows that in both of the short stories, both children have a breaking point because their parent/parents do something that the child does not particularly like. Waverly does not enjoy that her mom is showboating her, and Eli does not relish that his dad tried to brainwash the members of the board to admit Eli into …show more content…
In “The Lie”--just like the breaking point--it happens after Doctor Remenzel attempts to get Eli into the school just for being a Remenzel, after Doctor Remenzel specifically said Remenzels are not entitled to anything special at the school. Eli says to his dad, “‘A Remenzel asked for something--as though a Remenzel were something special” (Vonnegut 6). When the Doctor hears this, he turns almost inarticulate and says, “I don’t suppose--I don’t suppose that we’ll ever be coming here again.” (6) In “Rules of the Game”, the parent and child confrontation happens right before Waverly’s breaking point. Waverly says to her mom, “I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter” (Tan 8), her mom says back to her, “Aiii-ya. So shame be with mother?” (8). Waverly then says,“It’s not that, it’s just so obvious. It’s just so embarrassing” (8). In both short stories, the parent and child confrontation happen because the characters are fed up with their parent’s pressure, and something the parent has done, so they snap and tell their parent/parents
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
Throughout the play we follow the fortunes and misfortunes of the two boys who's lives eventually intertwine and they become the best of friends much to their mothers' disapproval.
Although both mothers struggle to keep their sons out of trouble, their reaction and response to their behavior are different and can be explained
Parenthood was a factor in the boy’s life, this ideas gives you an insight on what he wanted the reader to convey. here are two different emotions running through this story from both the boys. In the author Wes Moore the emotion you feel while reading it is hurt and compassion.
Parenting played a big role in shaping the two boys lives. Having a parental mentor is important because they assist and guide children to take the right decisions about their lives. The author had his two parents at the beginning of his life. Also, the author’s parents, especially his mother, tried to raise him in an effective way wanting him to know the right from wrong at an early age. “No mommy loves you, like I love you, she just wants you to do the right thing” (Moore 11). This quote was a live example of the author’s life with his parents. It reflected the different ways his parents used to teach him “the right thing.” Though his mother was upset from his action toward his sister, his father
Ever since Wes was a little boy his mother taught him right from wrong. When Wes was three years old he hit his sister which sparked something in his mother. Suffering from abuse by her former husband, she did not want Wes to follow in his footsteps. He was told to go to his room while his parents talked about what should be done. Finally, he heard his father’s steps coming up the stairs. His father, Westley, comforted him telling him, “‘...she just wants you to do the right thing’” (10-11). This
Anywhere in people’s lives, whether it’s in a movie, a book, or in real life, there are children having a problem with their parents. For books and movies, it adds extra tension and drama between characters, and in real life, it’s an everyday situation that occurs frequently throughout parent and childhood. However, these tensions between parents and their children can have serious effects. In the book That Was Then, This Is Now, written by S.E. Hinton, one of the characters, M&M, changes everyone’s lives because he was running away from his father’s mean comments. Though this conflict had many sources throughout the book, the tension between M&M and his father causes changes in the lives of other characters, and drastically impacted the storyline
The story “The Rules of the Game” shows how Waverly’s ability to play Chess well increases her mother’s expectations throughout the story. In the beginning Waverly wanted to play chess so much so that she was begging her brothers to let her play. Waverly says “ Let me! Let me!’ I begged
Family relationships and society play fundamental roles in how a child grows and makes their own choices. How they are seen and treated by society can influence how the child acts. From how they are raised, to what values and morals they are taught will determine the child’s reactions to obstacles that come up in life. I will be discussing some major events in the book that stood out to me as to why two men who basically grew up on the same block, ended up on very different paths.
Should parents care more about telling the truth or the result of telling the truth? In The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time written by Mark Haddon, the biggest problem that Ed Boone faced is hiding the truth about everything from his son; from the dog, to Mrs. Shears and the biggest secret of all, his mom.
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.
Every person reaches a point in their lives when they must define themselves in relation to their parents. We all come through this experience differently, depending on our parents and the situation that we are in. For some people the experience comes very early in their lives, and can be a significant life changing experience. In William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” Colonel Sartoris Snopes must decide either to stand with his father and compromise his integrity, or embrace honesty and morality and condemn his family. This is a difficult decision to make, especially for a ten year old boy that has nothing outside of what his father provides. Sarty’s decision to ultimately betray his father is dependent on his observation of Abner’s character
Waverly’s mother is creating rules for her daughter to become a better chess player. First, Waverly’s mother becomes possessive of her daughter’s chess tournament achievements. When Waverly wins her chess tournament, she says, ‘Ma, it’s not how many pieces you lose’, I said . ‘Sometimes you need to lose pieces to get ahead.’...but it was my mother who wore the triumphant grin” (Tan 4). Waverly disagrees with her mother’s thought as she believes that to win something, you have to lose something. This is significant to the title as Waverly’s mother is creating a rule for her daughter to follow so she can win every tournament she participates in. Second, Waverly’s mother wants to watch her daughter practice chess. While Waverly is practicing, she says, “ ‘Ma, I can’t practice when you stand there like that’, I said one day. She retreated to the kitchen and made
Did you know that “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Hunters In The Snow” could be similar in so many ways but have some differences in both stories? There are two main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game” and that is Rainsford and General Zaroff and in “The Hunter In The Snow” has three main characters and that is supposedly friends and that is Tub, Frank, and Kenny. In both stories there are similar times that the elements of the two stories could have similarities and differences. In both stories there are instances that involves hunting. In the stories there could be as each characters have problems with each other or individual. In the stories there are times when the author wants to get the point across and allow the readers to
In both Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society, the nature of father and son relationships are dependant on communication, the level of compromise that each is willing to give, and how each respond to one another. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the village of Umuofia is a place where men are no less than warriors, and must fight for their social status. In the movie, Dead Poets Society, Welton is a strict school that has set rules that shall be followed, and if disobeyed, the students will face consequences. Both of these communities have a specific way of life, but both sons attempt to challenge society, and live their own way. However, their fathers are believers of their respective rules, and are ashamed