Compare & Contrast
Compare and Contrast Essay
There are many similarities and differences between the characters Joby from “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and Patsy from “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”. In this essay, I will briefly explain what happened in these two interesting tales and then compare both stories.
The first story I’m comparing is “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and it is about a young drummer boy named Joby (around 14 years old) who is camping with soldiers in a field near to Shiloh. He is afraid of marching into battle with no weapons but his drum and his drumsticks. Joby is afraid of dying and just as he starts to lose hope, a general comes up to him and re-motivates him. He explains to Joby how important a drummer boy’s job is and helps him calm down and become braver than he was before.
The second story, “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”, is about a young African-American boy who struggles with poverty, racism, and his mother’s health. He doesn’t like to go to school (as his mother wants him to) but instead, he likes to spend his time hanging around horses and stables. Patsy’s father died because of a young horse he was taming and later on, Patsy had to deal with the same horse. The racism that Patsy witnessed from the local doctor, and seeing his mother’s condition, motivated him to ride the same horse that killed his father just to earn money for a doctor and medicine for his mother. At the end of the story, Patsy wins the race and finds a good doctor for his mother, but he never tells his mother the horse’s name.
Both characters have many differences but they also have some similarities. Joby is an orphan, but Patsy’s mother is still alive. Joby and Patsy both face a main problem; Joby’s being bravery and Patsy’s being how he earns money to cure his mother. Time and place severely affect the characters’ reactions and emotions. One example is when Joby had finished listening to the general’s pep talk and it was getting closer to the time for battle, he felt much
There are many similarities and differences between the characters Joby from “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and Patsy from “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”. In this essay, I will briefly explain what happened in these two interesting tales and then compare both stories.
The first story I’m comparing is “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” and it is about a young drummer boy named Joby (around 14 years old) who is camping with soldiers in a field near to Shiloh. He is afraid of marching into battle with no weapons but his drum and his drumsticks. Joby is afraid of dying and just as he starts to lose hope, a general comes up to him and re-motivates him. He explains to Joby how important a drummer boy’s job is and helps him calm down and become braver than he was before.
The second story, “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”, is about a young African-American boy who struggles with poverty, racism, and his mother’s health. He doesn’t like to go to school (as his mother wants him to) but instead, he likes to spend his time hanging around horses and stables. Patsy’s father died because of a young horse he was taming and later on, Patsy had to deal with the same horse. The racism that Patsy witnessed from the local doctor, and seeing his mother’s condition, motivated him to ride the same horse that killed his father just to earn money for a doctor and medicine for his mother. At the end of the story, Patsy wins the race and finds a good doctor for his mother, but he never tells his mother the horse’s name.
Both characters have many differences but they also have some similarities. Joby is an orphan, but Patsy’s mother is still alive. Joby and Patsy both face a main problem; Joby’s being bravery and Patsy’s being how he earns money to cure his mother. Time and place severely affect the characters’ reactions and emotions. One example is when Joby had finished listening to the general’s pep talk and it was getting closer to the time for battle, he felt much