Wolff Vs Tobias Wolff

By way of example, I would like to compare and contrast Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life, and Geoffrey Wolff’s The Duke of Deception. With this in mind, I would like to explore the central conflict of family issues, specifically related to their father-son relationship. To put it differently, I would like to compare the upbringing between the two brothers. Geoffrey for example, lived with his father and essentially became the caretaker paying all the bills and going to school while his father ripped people off. Tobias Wolff on the other hand, lived with his mother while traveling to Utah to make their fortune by mining uranium. With regards to this, I also plan on contrasting how their experiences shaped their writing technique. Geoffrey tends
to explain everything to the readers, allowing them to know everything about the characters, whether they relate to the story or not. Tobias on the hand, gets right to the point and doesn’t try to beat around the bush. Generally speaking, I think if I used their family issues along with, the relationships they had with their parents, I would be able to make a strong case for why their experiences influenced their writing style. In other words, exposing the voice behind their writing.