Similarities Between 'Walk Two Moons And The Guest'

The poem the Odyssey and the movie O Brother, where Art Thou are epic movies with epic heroes such as Odysseus and Everett. To be an epic hero you must be smart, travel a vast setting, be famous, and have a little help from a god.

Both the films have one thing common which is their genre. Both the films are based on romantic-comedy American film. Another thing which is common between them is the duration of their films. Both the films have approximately duration of one and half hour plus fifteen minutes. The films are based on the romantic theme but followed by a little comedy touch that can attract the viewers and can attain their attention. Both the films were a huge success of their times due to their best chemistry of the main leading characters and also by the good mixture of the comedy and romantic aspects of the filmography.

The Intruder by Andre Dubus Is the account of a young boy named Kenneth Girard who scuffles with an identity crisis of being masculine in opposition to being himself; unsociable and weak in the eyes of the social norm. He fights his obsessively compulsive disorder in being overly protective of his sister Connie because of the picture in which he paints of her to be “the most beautiful girl that he knew, She was also the only person with whom, for his entire life, he had been nearly perfectly at ease. “ Connie provides comfort for Kenneth because he can be alone with her and have a conversation on just about anything. On the contrary, when he’s in a public environment like school, he feels uncomfortable in the sense that he strives to be alone

Even though the Odyssey was created in the 8th century, there are many other movies and books with similar template and similar events to the Odyssey. For example, “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” is a movie that has almost the exact same characters, events, and template as the Odyssey.

          The theme of appearance and reality more clearly comes through in the story "Everyday Use."  The older daughter in the story Dee/Wangero appears to be in touch with her heritage.  As Houston Baker and Charlotte Pierce-Baker point

In the novel The Odyssey by Homer and O Brother, Where Art Thou? directed by Joel Coen there are many similarities that the movie takes from the book. The Odyssey is a tale about Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and warrior in the Trojan War, trying to find his way back home to Ithaca and find out if his dear wife, Penelope, has been loyal to him. Through many adventures, Odysseus has to face many obstacles in order to get back home. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is about three escaped convicts that are on the hunt for treasure, but really the leader just wants to get back home to his wife and family. The group go through many adventures and face many obstacles similar to the ones in The Odyssey. There are many similarities when it comes

Mrs. Turpin does the same thing when she judges Mary Grace, a young woman, in the doctor’s waiting area “The poor girls face was blue with acne and Mrs. Turpin thought how pitiful it was to have a face like that at that age” (319). Mrs. Turpin refers to Mary Grace as the “ugly Girl” throughout the rest of the story.

In the book ‘Two or Three things i know for sure’, Dorothy Allison who tells her story growing up in a memoir and she uses her experiences to explain the two or The things she learned. What makes this her story stand out is not just that it 's a memoir but also because the main point is beauty and how women in her family were put down and abused because of their appearance. Throughout this whole book Dorothy tries to send out one important message on beauty which from my understanding beauty is not based on what men say or society says, we live in a world where a woman 's beauty is determined whether a man find hers beautiful and that must stop. Timothy Dow Adams who read’s ‘Two or Three things i know for sure’ writes his review on it, and his understanding of Dorothy Allison 's points of views.

“There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.” The Odyssey and The Long Walk both exemplify the characteristic of humanity which Leo Tolstoy was referring to within this quote. The main characters of both works, Odysseus and Slavomir, go on journeys that, while physically challenging, tests the strength of their will. The determination and the overwhelming desire to return home of both men is what drives these characters to overcome immeasurable odds. Multiple parallels can be drawn between the two books, from the obstacles the characters face to the symbolism that can be found in Slavomir’s and Odysseus’s journeys. The Long Walk shows how Grecian Epics, such as The Odyssey, are still applicable in the modern day as representations of Humanities’ predominant and all-consuming desire to survive, and the specific desire to not only survive but to do so in the place one calls home.

Throughout the entire world, there is an idea of the social facade of how one should appear and no one is an exception to this. The south is particularly known for this and is seen throughout the various stories read in this class. One author who demonstrates this concept of social facade is Katherine Anne Porter in her story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. It is the story of a grandmother who is a hypocrite, not only to herself, but the whole town and obsessed with her appearance in how people view her and her family.These ideas can also be seen in Flannery O’Connor’s story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Porter’s other story, The Old Order. The main theme seen in these stories is this idea of social facade and hypocrisy.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Sing in me, Muse”? If so, there’s a possibility you’ve heard it in the introduction from either, Homer’s The Odyssey (8th century) or in O’ Brother Where Art Thou (2000). In O’ Brother Where Art Thou and The Odyssey, the sirens from the book and the laundry ladies in the movie, are described almost exactly the same. Also in the book and the movie, a cyclops is included, but is portrayed differently in both. In addition throughout both of the works, the main protagonist, Odysseus (The Odyssey) and Everett (O’ Brother Where Art Thou), are on a journey in returning back to their families. Although the two works have many differences, much like the time period and the crew size difference, they do share many similarities

As the proverb goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty, as we know it, is subjective to each individual. However, some individuals are primed to perceive beauty as deriving from physique, clothing, and accessories; neglecting more important traits such as honesty and kind-heartedness. Aaron Shephard portrays in his short story, “The Hidden One: A Native American Legend”, that neglecting such traits results in failure. Any woman who makes deceitful attempts at proving they’re capable of seeing the Great Hunter is cast away. Little Scarface’s unpleasant older sister would “hold[] her down and burn[] her arms and face with sticks from the fire” (Shepard 1) and lie to their father about it. She claimed to see the Hunter and lied about that as well. The mistreated little girl is stripped of having appealing clothing and, what some may consider, a beautiful face; yet, only with her pure soul intact, she ultimately succeeds. The image of beauty the author is attempting to paint for you is that physical appearance only gets you to the door; the Hidden One, symbolized as the prize, is obtained with a “good heart”, free from “jealous[y] and cruel[ty]”.

The women of the story are not treated with the respect, which reflects their social standings. The first image of the women that the reader gets is a typical housewife. They are imaged as “wearing faded house dresses and

In the story the Odyssey and the movie O Brother Where Art Thou there are many things alike as well as different in plot, setting, and resolution. The lotus eaters from the odyssey were comparable to the christians that were baptized in O Brother Where Art Thou because they were distracting to both crews in their journeys to their homes and made both crews have to overcome obstacles this is shown in their journey home, the christians and flowers pulled them in and, made them forget about their journeys home. Both the plots in the Odyssey and in O Brother Where Art Thou had similarities as well as differences. In the movie O Brother Where Art thou it portrays Everett, Pete, and Delmar’s journey to the “Holy Grail” or money.

A famous person once said “Judging a person doesn’t define who they are. It defines who YOU are.” Don’t judge someone by how they look comes out in both of the stories “The Lion and the Mouse” by Rob John and “Wonder” by R.J Palacio. Both of the stories have characters that are different from others. Both of the characters get judged, but are very helpful in the end.