An Old Man's Winter Night Analysis

English 12 By Brittany Stutzman 'Valentine's Day' and 'An Old Man's Winter Night' are both quite different literature pieces of writing. The three differences between the two pieces of writings are the ages of the protagonists, their emotions and needed affection. First of all, 'Valentine's Day' is about Stephanie who is a young teenage girl that is in grade Ten. Readers would know this, because her first crush was Doug. He is also the same grade as her. "Grade Ten Doug.” (Paragraph 1. Line 1.) Another way, the readers know Stephanie is young is for example, “It was good to be alive. But to be young and alive was very heavenly.” (Paragraph 49-50.) The poem 'An Old Man's Winter Night' is based on an older man that lives on his own. "What …show more content…
Secondly, the emotions Stephanie was feeling were thrilled, anxious, sophisticated and pleasant when she was on her date with Paul. “As the car pulled away from the curb, she was feeling anything but sad, feeling excited, nervous, sophisticated, and to her great surprise-comfortable. She felt comfortable beside this boy.” (Paragraph 47.) What I understood from the poem 'An Old Man's Winter Night' is the old man felt sad. He was alone and stayed inside, and I believe he was feeling this emotion, because throw out the poem it was very, lull. Both their emotions are quite divergent to each other. Thirdly, in this story Stephanie had an obsession with the two boys Doug and Paul. For example, “Stephanie kept a Doug book in her bedroom. She wrote poems to Doug and kept a list at the back of the book of all the things that made Doug cool: his sneakers, his knapsack, the way he carried his knapsack, the things that he probably carried in his knapsack, his ski jacket, his earring, his ears, how he opened his locker, the things he probably had in his locker, his hair.”