Poem Comparison

When my mom yells at me, it’s almost always because I did something wrong. Her tone is usually very angry and serious. I try to get out of these situations by making excuses or by complementing her. Usually it doesn’t work, and I get in even more trouble. In both “The Fox and the Crow.” and “The Fox Outwits the Crow,” flattery is used by the fox to trick the crow into giving him the piece of cheese. My mother knows when I am trying to flatter her, but unlike the situations in each of these stories, my mother is not so gullible. This essay will compare the relationship between tone and the theme in both pieces of text. The theme in both texts is not to trust a flatterer; however, this theme is developed differently in both pieces. Cleary uses a poem to make reading his piece more entertaining; however, Aesop uses a short story format to make his piece more serious. Aesop was a little more serious in developing the theme because he didn't make it entertaining or use entertaining details, he plainly stated it at the end of his story. On the other hand, Cleary used comparison and described the theme. A metaphor was used to show it with the words, “While he chuckled to think how that dim-witted
Aesop’s tone was a little more serious, maybe even suspicious perhaps. Cleary’s poem was also playful but tricky at the same time. It was clearly shown that both authors felt similarly about their pieces. For instance, Aesop put a lot more detail into his piece, so he could present his tone more clearly. Since Aesop’s tone is more suspicious and serious, he made the crow in his story appear somewhat clueless. That way she would be more easily tricked. He made the fox very deceitful and serious since the fox’s tone is a lot like Aesop’s tone throughout the passage. Although Cleary also made the crow seem dimwitted while making the fox a little more playful to match his tricky and playful tone. These tones helped develop the