Compare and contrast
Paper #3
Tanesha Dennis
Professor Butchy
ENG105 M03
September 15, 2013
“Two Kinds by Amy Tan and “Everything that Rises must converge” by Flannery O’Connor had a lot of comparison and contrast. Between the two short stories they both set logic examples of how life can really be amongst families today. Amy Tan story “Two Kinds” reminds a young reader how parents will do anything for their children to become famous. Where a mother always believed that you could be anything you wanted to be in America. Of course the child doesn’t agree with her mother. Children think parents just don’t understand when it’s really them who don’t understand. Flannery O’Connor story “Everything that rises must converge” showed how people in general think they are better than everyone else when in all reality they are the weakest one. Nobody is better than anyone, everyone is equal, but it takes others to go thru things to realize the message O’Connor is trying to give. Both these short stories express theme, symbol and many different main characters. In these stories there are two types of similar characters: a mother and child. Julian and his mother’s relationship in “Everything that rises must converge” was a love hate relationship. Julian didn’t care nor understand his mother. He didn’t agree with the fact that his mother was very racist towards African Americans. He couldn’t stand when his mother would talk about how things were back in the day. He used to remind his mother that they were not in those days and stop complaining and just be happy with what you do have. Julian seemed to have a lot of animosity towards his mother. Julian’s motivation was selling typewrites to make some money while he was in school to pursue a writing career. He was also motivated to want to talk to an African American. Julian’s mother was a middle aged woman who came from a southern family. She lived very modestly. Julian’s mother was a protagonist she was dealing with her
Tanesha Dennis
Professor Butchy
ENG105 M03
September 15, 2013
“Two Kinds by Amy Tan and “Everything that Rises must converge” by Flannery O’Connor had a lot of comparison and contrast. Between the two short stories they both set logic examples of how life can really be amongst families today. Amy Tan story “Two Kinds” reminds a young reader how parents will do anything for their children to become famous. Where a mother always believed that you could be anything you wanted to be in America. Of course the child doesn’t agree with her mother. Children think parents just don’t understand when it’s really them who don’t understand. Flannery O’Connor story “Everything that rises must converge” showed how people in general think they are better than everyone else when in all reality they are the weakest one. Nobody is better than anyone, everyone is equal, but it takes others to go thru things to realize the message O’Connor is trying to give. Both these short stories express theme, symbol and many different main characters. In these stories there are two types of similar characters: a mother and child. Julian and his mother’s relationship in “Everything that rises must converge” was a love hate relationship. Julian didn’t care nor understand his mother. He didn’t agree with the fact that his mother was very racist towards African Americans. He couldn’t stand when his mother would talk about how things were back in the day. He used to remind his mother that they were not in those days and stop complaining and just be happy with what you do have. Julian seemed to have a lot of animosity towards his mother. Julian’s motivation was selling typewrites to make some money while he was in school to pursue a writing career. He was also motivated to want to talk to an African American. Julian’s mother was a middle aged woman who came from a southern family. She lived very modestly. Julian’s mother was a protagonist she was dealing with her