Comparing Scratchy Wilson In The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky And Miss Brill

Scratchy Wilson in "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" and Miss Brill in "Miss Brill" both encounter a harsh truth at the end of their stories. Scratchy Wilson realizes that he is an adult and needs to grow up, like his rival Jack Potter. Jack Potter returns to the town of Yellow Sky, where a drunken Scratchy is terrorizing the town. Potter brings a wife, who represents family life and growing up, and Scratchy confronts him and learns of his new domesticity. Throughout the story, Scratchy is described as having childish qualities, like his boots and his final confrontation with Potter. In the past, Jack Potter was Scratchy's sparring partner whenever he gets drunk and rowdy. Because Scratchy's so-called antagonist has started his family, Scratchy