Essay Comparing Night And Bigger Than It Looks

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in our hearts.” – Winnie the Pooh
Things are brought into one’s life for a reason, whether it is for a lifetime or temporary. Both short stories “Night” and “Bigger Than It Looks” have a realization that there’s a death of a small child. The impact on any one’s life can cause depression, but in both of these short stories depression is caused by the death of a child. The short stories “Night” by Bret Lott and, “Bigger Than It Looks” by Samuel J. Baldwin both express similarities in character’s actions, feelings, and situations.
Actions are what people do. Sometimes they say your actions speak louder than your words. In these two short stories “Night’’ and “Bigger Than It Looks” both parents are still clinging to their child. In “Night” it states, “This happened each night, like a dream but not.” It seems as if the father of that child does not want to move on or he is not trying to conquer this fear. In “Bigger Than It Looks” it states, “...the shovel tapping nervously against his toe.” In both short stories, we have two fathers that their actions
In these two short stories “Night” and “Bigger Than It Looks” the characters feel nervousness, mental breakdowns, grieving, and possibly depression. In “Night” it says, “...his hands at his side, his fingertips helpless.” This man has been going through this emotion for a while now and cannot seem to find any inner peace. In “Bigger Than It Looks” it says, “Her eyes moved to the shovel tapping nervously against his toe.” What made her so nervous? Was it because they had to bury their own child? Neither one of these couples can find peace within themselves or be able to bury the pain inside of them. Not only did they bury their child, but they buried their guilt, their secret, and most of all some of their pain. In both short stories these characters feel some type of guiltiness and wish they could change how things are