Three Story Comparison

The boy narrator evolved from being timid to assertive, cowardly to confident, and innocent to worldly because he had to fight the thugs in order to buy the groceries or he wouldn’t be able to come back home. The girl narrator evolved from being timid to assertive, cowardly to confident, and innocent to worldly because she had to become confident in order for her to talk to the boy after he kissed her and she had to face the reality that the she was just the boys’ plaything and he didn’t like/love her back. The authors both tell different stories, but used the same elements to develop their characters: conflict. Change is a part of life and people have to choose to grow from the conflicts that arise or to stay the same and forever

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.

The third story was about a female from Jackson, Mississippi named June Hardwick. I honestly wasn’t too sure about her or no much about her. The film doesn’t really have

A similarity noticed was the main topic of each story. Each express their view and their experience living in America. Both being girls living in an American society. Both talking about their American identity while being a mix of different ethnicities.

The story I have chosen to discuss is Rick Moody, “Boys”. This is a traditional coming of age story. The great thing about how Rick Moody story is how he takes several small paragraphs to explain a large amount of time. A good example of this is when he condenses the two twin brothers’ thirty years experiences into one paragraph. The whole story is seen through the eyes of the boys in their childhood home. This story follows the two brothers through many changes throughout their lives, to the illness and death of their younger sister and father. The twin brothers are supposed to be living a carefree childhood running, playing, and being a child but they are thrust into situations that children don’t usually have to deal with at their age. Moody

For each of the three characters, their link with the world around them is stronger and different than that of those around them. In each novel, the main character

Rick Moody 's short story "Boys" is written with a distinct style. The author uses a form of a stream of consciousness to convey the purpose at hand, which encompasses writing as if without hesitation or editing - whatever came to Moody’s thoughts, he transferred to text. There was also a substantial use of the word “boys”, placing emphasis on the central meaning of the story. The style is thoroughly descriptive and fails to leave any details of the boys ' lives out. This quality donates a sense of reality and creates a bond between the reader and the characters. The tone of the story comes of as particularly unbiased and serious, as if the author were just stating purely factual information. As events become more somber in the boys ' lives, the author approaches a more sympathetic tone. The boys were supposed to be kids, fooling around playing games and living a care-free childhood, but these boys found themselves in scenarios no boy or child should ever encompass.

While each story had their contrasting elements, the base theme of each was remarkably similar; Both of the authors manipulate the theme of motherhood to examine the ideas of slavery, home and forgiveness during two very different time periods.

The main reason that these stories are alike, are that they relate to women. Whether you are a daughter, or a wife, changes are you can relate to

The similarities between the stories may not appear very apparent at first over closer analyzation the appear more apparent .Both stories are focused around a brother and a sister whom

The first aspect both stories have in common is the fact that both of the women are oppressed by a man in their life.“The

However, if one looks at the stories closely, there are similarities that offer a greater understanding of the character, cultural, and familial ties during which these stories occurred, and it begs the question if these stories must be read together. Within each story, there are character, familial,

As you read not only has wording made an influence in the piece but also incorporated is a different point of view. “Boys” is introduced to us in third person offering us a long distances shot of the progress as the boys age. In an interview Rick Moody states that the third person is the mother of the boys, narrating the story in an “understated way, she is the perceiver, their mother is the center piece of the story.” (Rick Moody) Viewing the story from a higher place gives the reader a sense of intimacy with the narrator being able to perceive the lives of the characters the “boys” in a different light, the reader becomes a witness to the events in the progression of the “boys’” lives.

Today I will be talking about comparing and contrasting. The two stories I will be talking about is “A Simple Act” and“An Invisible Thread”. The first story we will look at is “A Simple Act”. The second story we will be looking at is “An Invisible Thread”. Here is the background to the stories.“A Simple Act”In a big city like New York, thousands of strangers from many different backgrounds cross paths every day. But they rarely stop on the street to get to know each other. When people from very different places make to effort to connect, unexpected friendships can form, and “A Simple Act” is Laura and Maurice had been friends for 15 years when he gave the final toast t the celebration of her 50th birthday. Maurice's words, and Laura's

Since the story is about two brothers who are very different from one another, this helps set the tone of the story.