Compare And Contrast A Letter Home And Waiting For Dan
The short story "Waiting for Dan" takes place in the 1960's, during the Civil Rights Acts. Ever since Dan, the woman's husband had left to go fight for his rights it has changed his wife and two sons,Eric and Peter drastically. Their father left in the summer and has not yet came home, it is currently fall. The action of him standing up for his rights and trying to make the world peaceful and not divided made him end up at a prison in Mississippi. So briefly, Dan made a courageous choice and his family stands by him and hope that soon he will come back to them.
In "A Letter Home" On May,5 1970 Kara a college student of Kent State University sent a letter home to her parents expressing her feelings on the recent disaster. This was really emotional for Kara. U.S …show more content…
Whereas in "A Letter Home" it says, "Some young people burned the ROTC building on campus and set some bonfires downtown. I heard that police cars were hit with bottles and store windows were broken"(2) They did not peacefully protest. They automatically asserted to violence. Another difference between the protestors in “A Letter Home’ and in “Waiting for Dan” is that in “Waiting for Dan” the protesters stood up for their rights by doing Freedom Rides. They are also protesting something that is happening in the United states. This is shown when “A group of African Americans whites would board buses and ride through the southern state’(4) Whereas in “A Letter Home” they are protesting something across the country. For example, “Many students were outraged when they heard that U.S soldiers invaded Cambodia on April 30th”(2). The protesters did not take any action to participate in helping to try to get the soldiers out of Cambodia. Instead they just got furious and violent. In my final analysis, both stories are similar to each other yet different in a few
In "A Letter Home" On May,5 1970 Kara a college student of Kent State University sent a letter home to her parents expressing her feelings on the recent disaster. This was really emotional for Kara. U.S …show more content…
Whereas in "A Letter Home" it says, "Some young people burned the ROTC building on campus and set some bonfires downtown. I heard that police cars were hit with bottles and store windows were broken"(2) They did not peacefully protest. They automatically asserted to violence. Another difference between the protestors in “A Letter Home’ and in “Waiting for Dan” is that in “Waiting for Dan” the protesters stood up for their rights by doing Freedom Rides. They are also protesting something that is happening in the United states. This is shown when “A group of African Americans whites would board buses and ride through the southern state’(4) Whereas in “A Letter Home” they are protesting something across the country. For example, “Many students were outraged when they heard that U.S soldiers invaded Cambodia on April 30th”(2). The protesters did not take any action to participate in helping to try to get the soldiers out of Cambodia. Instead they just got furious and violent. In my final analysis, both stories are similar to each other yet different in a few