Catch The Moon Short Story

Luis and Jing-Mei were always different as kids. They never really fit in, never were quite normal. In the short stories titled "Two Kinds" and "Catch the Moon" have many similarities but are also quite different. Luis is a troubled kid. He was actually quite normal for many years until his mother died from cancer. He became angry and started hanging out with the wrong people. Luis even made his own gang called the Tiburones, which means sharks in Spanish. He even went to juvenile hall when he broke into an old lady's house on a dare. He didn't steal anything he just did it for the rush. Jing-Mei, the main character in the short story "Two Kinds", was a little Chinese girl to start off the book but later grew up and went to college. When Jing-Mei
Luis ends up in juvenile hall, Jing-Mei dropped out of college and stopped playing the piano. They also both lost their mother in their respective stories. Luis lost his to cancer, and Jing-Mei lost hers to old age. They are also similar because they both later see that their parents just wanted the best for them. In the end they both wished that they had just listened to their parents instead of rebelling. Jing-Mei realized after her mother had died she should have just listened to her and she would have been much better off in the long run. She should not have dropped out of college, should have tried harder in school and not given up so easily. Luis realized after he met Naomi that life was not so bad after all and it had a purpose. He spent hours and hours searching for the perfect hubcap for her car and polished it for a long time after that. Both books showed readers that people can change for better or for worse depending on their decisions and attitude toward a situation. Luis changed for the worse when his mother died but he changed for the better when he met Naomi. Jing-Mei changed for the better when she began to take piano lessons and for the worse when she stopped taking lessons and dropped out of college. The stories show that people should never give up, no matter how hard it