Abuelito Who Compare And Contrast Essay

The Russian folk tale The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson and the poem Abuelito Who both are accounts of elderly, sick grandfathers. These stories both have characters, a theme, and a genre that are vital to the story in their own unique way. They deliver the moral of the story and effectuate its features and deeper meaning. Both of these stories have many similarities, and they send us an important message and carry similar themes and characters; however, on the other hand, they have different genres. To commence, The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson was written by Leo Tolstoy. The characters of this story include the old grandfather, his little grandson Misha, the grandfather’s son, and the son’s wife. In the beginning, the son and his wife treat the grandfather horribly and will not even let him eat with the family (Tolstoy, 1-11), until Misha makes a wooden bowl for when his parents, the grandfather’s son and his wife, are old (Tolstoy, 14-17). This makes Misha’s parents feel ashamed, and they began to take better care of the grandfather from then on (Tolstoy, 18-21). The theme of this story is along the lines of honor the elderly and do not take your elders for granted, for everyone will be elderly eventually, and ultimately, elderly people will not be here on Earth. This story’s genre is a folk tale. …show more content…
The speaker is talking about her Abuelito throwing coins like rain (Cisneros, 1), asking who loves him (Cisneros, 2, 22-23), and suddenly changes into a gloomy mood when she says that her Abuelito is sick (Cisneros, 13) and doesn’t live with her anymore (Cisneros, 16). The speaker clearly deeply admires her grandfather and based on the text, her grandfather is sick and cannot be with her. The theme is about loving and respecting the elderly, very similar to the theme from The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson. The genre of this story is a