The fictional queen of Ithaca and and a woman in 1930’s Mississippi having anything in common might seem like a stretch but in fact, they are more similar than they seem at first glance. Penelope of The Odyssey and Penny of O Brother, Where Art Thou have much in common along with characteristics that set them apart from each other. Penelope is presented as loyal, distraught. Penny is presented as unapologetic and a more independent, strong woman when being compared to Penelope. The two women are similar in that they are both cunning and cautious. Many of these changes are made in order to allow the character to blend into the time period and, in the case of Penny, to create a stronger, more realistic female character.…
The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty are both written in first person point of view. They each thoroughly describe how the main character feels toward a certain action that another character takes. The Georges and the Jewels is written in the perspective of a little girl named Abby while Black Beauty is written from a horse’s point of view. Even though the two stories are written from different people’s perspective and discuss different ideas, the first person point of view helps develop the characters.…
A very noticeable similarity is the fact that both young men are dissatisfied with their authority figures. In the beginning of the stories, one will see that Sammy and Sarty are not like their main influences. Each young man has a mature understanding of their unfortunate lives and how they must break the mold to better themselves. Stokesie, Sammy’s friend and co-worker, is twenty two years old and married with two kids. His biggest dream is to become a manager of the A&P someday. Sammy describes Stokesie’s life as a perfect example of his future if he continues working at the A&P. To him the A&P is a dead end job; but in the eyes of his Lengel and his family it is an acceptable future. Lengel is the manager of A&P as well as the town’s preacher. He plays an important role as Sammy’s authority figure. When Sammy quits, Lengel tries to persuade him to stay and makes it very clear that leaving the A&P will be a huge mistake. This is an excellent reflection of Sammy’s authority figure and the close minded ways he must escape.…
Although, Wes and the other Wes Moore had a lot of differences, they both had same similarities such as; they were raised by their mothers, grew up in same city and involved illegal activities. First, both Wes and the other Wes Moore were raised by their…
They displayed qualities of strong, independent women, such as leadership, courage, bravery, and determination. Both of them kept a strong faith in their relationship with their lover, trusting in them and controlling themselves during these situations. They are both from different novels, written by people who had no connection to each other, but they still display the same qualities when faced with certain circumstances. These two women are very different and so is what they are both going through, but their traits are so…
People living in this time had no way of expressing who they really are. If somebody is a doctor and another a garbage man they should be considered the same they must live with and commit to the fact that they will never be better than anyone at anything. The characters in Harrison Bergeron have accepted the fact that they are all the same and they simply have given up on improving themselves. If somebody was too different from the others they would be locked up like Harrison Bergeron he was locked up because he was too different from the others he was too tall and too strong to be held down the government Harrison Bergeron relates to Kurt in real life in a way that he was locked up like Kurt when he was locked up by the European army, they both escaped being imprisoned, they both did what they were intended to do in the end which for Vonnegut’s case was to marry his high school sweet…
In “Harrison Bergeron” Harrison can be portrayed as a hero or a danger to society. Harrison is a threat to society. He can get people hurt or injured by his actions. He doesn’t want people to be equal even though they voted for equality. Harrison Bergeron is a threat to everyone and everything around him.…
Jig and Louise shared many similarities and differences throughout each story. A similarity that they shared is they are both young, and with a person that they show affection towards. Another similarity is both women face domination of men. Moreover, they face heartaches from hearing news from the person they love or from someone close to them. The difference between Jig and Louise is Jig wants the American, but he does not want to settle with her. Whereas Brently Mallard adores his wife, but his wife wants to be free seeing the relationship became distant. Another is both women are striving for different types of freedom. In addition, both stories explain the struggle that both women faced with…
Many Americans believe that Gun-Control Laws should be enforced, because “Individuals do not need guns for protection; it is the role of local and federal government to protect the people through law enforcement agencies and the military.” (http://www.StudentNewsDaily.com) All Individuals deserve the right to carry a gun with them at all times, to use for protection. According to the Second Amendment in the Constitution, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment) Obtaining a gun, gives one the sense of feeling safe and protected given any situation. No one knows when they may be “attacked” or in danger, and the protection they need from the government may not always be there to protect them. Every American must learn self-defense and use it when needed, they shouldn’t have to rely and anyone but themselves.…
Harrison Bergeron takes place in a future where everything is supposedly equal. I say supposedly because there are so those who are still in power over everyone else. The society is taken over by these handicaps that are weighing them down and also not allowing them to think for themselves, therefore, control over them is present. In Harrison Bergeron, many themes are present ranging from the equality to people's free will to be who they are.…
In both stories the authors focus on the main characters to interpret the theme of good vs. evil. Both of the main characters are seen in a positive light and come from strong family backgrounds. Although these two characters may share similarities, they also have their differences. The major difference is how they carry themselves once evil is presented. Although the two stories share similarities in what it means to be good, the differences between how evil is presented is…
Freedom, as defined by Webster’s dictionary, is “the quality or state of being free: as the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action.” Throughout time heroes have been icons of freedom and justice. In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, he depicts equality as not only idiotic, but also unjust. In a nation without freedom, one man rose up and stood up to the restraints and handicaps of an unjust society. That man was Harrison Bergeron.…
Griffin and Rodriquez both have very different styles of writing. They are different in many ways, such as their culture, where they draw their information from, and just their overall lives in general. At the same time however, they are similar. They both go through a period of personal discovery, trying to find out who they really are in life and what they are meant to do. They both also use stories throughout their essays to draw knowledge and more personal information out of. Even though Griffin uses non-fiction stories to find her personal identity while Rodriquez uses fiction to find his. Rodriquez also uses stories to tell about how once something is said it is near impossible to take back.…
Suffrage is the right to vote in political affairs. Only recently did women receive the right to vote in the United States. From the earliest civilizations, the women have been confined to working at home and and have been thought of “inferior” to men. Therefore, before modern-day, women were unable to enjoy the same rights as men. Not even one-hundred years has gone by since the nineteenth amendment was passed, giving the vote to women. The event that spurred such an amendment to being pushed was the women’s rights movement starting in 1848. Some of the more influential women’s rights activists during the movement include Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Madam C.J. Walker, and Dorothy Height.…
Despite their fundamental personality differences, these two characters are not complete opposites. They both have husbands that at one point sought after power, and later disappointed them during their last…