Learning from experience is a crucial part of life. When an event occurs, whether good or bad, something will always be learned from the outcome. This is demonstrated in the short stories “Choices” by Susan Kerslake, and “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson. The main characters in both stories had an event arise, then they later learned from the outcomes of the events. Also, both stories had some similarities with each other, while also having some differences. In the two short stories, the main characters learning from experience affects the plot, as the falling action wouldn’t have related to the climax without the learning from experience in the story. The best type of learning anyone can do is from that of experience, and this was portrayed in
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Learning from experience in these two stories have two different similarities to each other. In both stories, it was one event that changed many things. In “Choices,” Peggy made one minor decision on whether or not to go into Ken's car for the road trip. That one minor decision lead to a life changing event, which was the accident. In the story “The Metaphor,” Charlotte’s slight love for metaphors turned into something major. Her small admiration for metaphors kept on growing as the years went by, which forced her to have a drastic change. Thus when the death of Miss Hancock came, she was mentally unstable and depressed. The second similarity between these two stories is their feeling after the event the characters were learning from. In “Choices,” after the accident Peggy was mentally affected. This was because she saw that Ken did not really care for her anymore. In “The Metaphor,” Charlotte was also affected mentally by the death of her teacher Miss Hancock. In both stories, the experience the main character learned from is an important physical event. In “Choices” it was the accident while in “The Metaphor” it was the death of Miss Hancock. However in both stories, the learning process, which is the falling action, was a mental
Learning from experience in these two stories have two different similarities to each other. In both stories, it was one event that changed many things. In “Choices,” Peggy made one minor decision on whether or not to go into Ken's car for the road trip. That one minor decision lead to a life changing event, which was the accident. In the story “The Metaphor,” Charlotte’s slight love for metaphors turned into something major. Her small admiration for metaphors kept on growing as the years went by, which forced her to have a drastic change. Thus when the death of Miss Hancock came, she was mentally unstable and depressed. The second similarity between these two stories is their feeling after the event the characters were learning from. In “Choices,” after the accident Peggy was mentally affected. This was because she saw that Ken did not really care for her anymore. In “The Metaphor,” Charlotte was also affected mentally by the death of her teacher Miss Hancock. In both stories, the experience the main character learned from is an important physical event. In “Choices” it was the accident while in “The Metaphor” it was the death of Miss Hancock. However in both stories, the learning process, which is the falling action, was a mental