Flush And Hiaasen: A Comparative Analysis

Giving up is easy, anyone can just say, “sup? I’m done. I’m tired of doing this. I can’t continue. I feel sick,” and give up on whatever they are doing. But not giving up is hard, which is something that could bring anyone success. In the realistic novel Flush by Carl Hiaasen and the fantasy novel Poison by Bridget Zinn, both novels presents a life-lesson to the reader not to give up easily. In the novel Poison, the main character and protagonist Kyra, tried to save her kingdom from Arlo, the king of criminals, her opponent. Arlo kidnapped Princess Ariana, the future queen of Kyra’s kingdom. Then replaced her with an obeeka, a creature that could suck the life out of everything and transform into another person or thing (monster? This story is definitely a fantasy). Kyra, a master potioner (the best friend of Princess Ariana, also have a talent …show more content…
Kyra first told the queen, the Princess’s mother, about her sight of the fake princess destroying the kingdom. The queen thought Kyra was joking, so she ignored Kyra’s request to figure out more things about the princess. Kyra didn’t give-up to convince people that the princess is dangerous, she told her working partners about her sight, but neither of them believed her. It seemed like nothing could make Kyra give-up, due to the following action, Kyra finally attempted to assassinate the fake princess herself. Throughout the whole book, Kyra was trying to murder the princess, no matter how much she is failing, which is a sign of never giving up. At last, at the end of the book, Kyra finally successfully caught the fake princess and found