The Skunk In The Closet

“A Crow Kidnapping” and “The Skunk in the Closet” are two short stories about wild animals. Though is seems that they have nothing in common, they have some similarities. In the characters, setting, conflict, figurative language/imagery, and theme have their differences also. But to find them, comparing and contrasting is the best way to do it.

The wild animal character in “A Crow Kidnapping” is the crow. Crowbar, the crow, is very observant and loyal. In the text, the author noted, “[The crow] could find me in a mass of humans, but I could not find him in a crowd of crows.” “The Skunk in the Closet” however has included a different characteristic to the wild animal character. A skunk was the character the short story was focused on. He
In “The Skunk in the Closet,” the setting had a calm mood. It can be indicated when the text stated,”He kept close to us, slept in a box under the table, liked to sit in our laps and grow fat and lazy on his favorite food chili con carne.” With that, it had slow paced and casual mood to it. On the other hand, the “A Crow Kidnapping” had a tense mood. “The kids awoke, and we hung out the windows watching the drama below. ‘He’s going to go away with them,’ said Luke when the chorus rose to a frantic pitch,” was what brought me to the conclusion that the mood was tense. It was noisy and they were panicking over the Crowbar leaving with the other crows. Even so, both stories have a loving and caring environment. “A Crow Kidnapping” had kids feeding Crowbar so he wouldn’t leave them. And when he left, they thought it was for the best. Also, “The Skunk in the Closet” showed a loving and caring environment was when Craig and Luke were worried when Mason would wonder around the neighborhood that the thought was dangerous. Be that as it may, in the end, they found out that Mason grew a family and live all around the
The theme is moving on when the time comes. The skunk and the crow moved on in their lives. Crowbar migrated with the other crows, leaving his owner and human family behind, as the text stated, “There was no more Crowbar.” Mason disappeared to start a family that would spread all around the neighborhood. Despite their similarities, there are differences in how they showed their themes. For example, the skunk, Mason, moved on by starting a new family and life because, the text states, “Mary Ross, who lives down the hill, now has a skunk family in his backyard.” Crowbar, however, moved on when it was time for migration and needed to be convinced before, to