Six stories and two different authors. The question you might be asking is, “What do these stories and authors all have in common?” The common themes amongst these short stories will go against each other to argue the themes of Devotion and Prayer, Love and Passion, and finally Dreams, Hopes, and Plan. In the first comparison between “Little Miracles, Kept Promises” and “Mrs. Sin,” the common theme between the two short stories is Dreams, Hopes, and Plans. In both of these stories, the authors use this theme and many others to grasp the reader's attention and for the reader to see the struggle the characters have to face. In the story “Little Miracles, Kept Promises,” these people go to the saint shrine and leave their letters there in
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Pirzada Came to Dine” the common theme between the two short stories is Devotion and Prayer. In the short story, “Mericans” it starts off by a girl telling the story about how her and her siblings were stuck between two worlds, Mexico and America. So the story takes place at a church, but this church they couldn't go into. They had to wait outside for their grandma to get done praying. All her and her siblings wanted to do was go to the Plaza where there are tons of toys and games for them to play with. When the main character goes into the church to see what was taking her so long the grandma tells her to go back outside. Little do we know the Grandma is praying for everybody. I sat “counted the awful grandmother's mustache hairs while she prays for Uncle Old, sick from the worm, and Auntie Cuca, suffering from a life of troubles” (Cisneros 19)The Grandma was running her hands over the rosary and just mumbling some words. She finally said, “There is so many prayers and promises and thanks-be-to-God to be given” (Cisneros 17) The Grandma was trying to get in touch with her Mexican heritage and praying to God about everything she could think of and any prayers that belong to her heritage had to be said too. You can see how this went over with the her siblings and her. They didn’t understand that she was praying to the man up stairs. In comparison to this short story written by Cisneros, the other short story, “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” by Lahiri shows the same common theme of Prayers and Devotion. The way Lahiri writes about this common theme in “Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” is way different then the way CIsneros wrote about the theme. In “Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” Lahiri kind of hides the fact that there is some religion aspect in this short story. Mr. Pirzada does not understand the American cultures and traditions we have in America. Mr. Pirzada is puzzled about everything Halloween. All of the costumes and
Pirzada Came to Dine” the common theme between the two short stories is Devotion and Prayer. In the short story, “Mericans” it starts off by a girl telling the story about how her and her siblings were stuck between two worlds, Mexico and America. So the story takes place at a church, but this church they couldn't go into. They had to wait outside for their grandma to get done praying. All her and her siblings wanted to do was go to the Plaza where there are tons of toys and games for them to play with. When the main character goes into the church to see what was taking her so long the grandma tells her to go back outside. Little do we know the Grandma is praying for everybody. I sat “counted the awful grandmother's mustache hairs while she prays for Uncle Old, sick from the worm, and Auntie Cuca, suffering from a life of troubles” (Cisneros 19)The Grandma was running her hands over the rosary and just mumbling some words. She finally said, “There is so many prayers and promises and thanks-be-to-God to be given” (Cisneros 17) The Grandma was trying to get in touch with her Mexican heritage and praying to God about everything she could think of and any prayers that belong to her heritage had to be said too. You can see how this went over with the her siblings and her. They didn’t understand that she was praying to the man up stairs. In comparison to this short story written by Cisneros, the other short story, “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” by Lahiri shows the same common theme of Prayers and Devotion. The way Lahiri writes about this common theme in “Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” is way different then the way CIsneros wrote about the theme. In “Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” Lahiri kind of hides the fact that there is some religion aspect in this short story. Mr. Pirzada does not understand the American cultures and traditions we have in America. Mr. Pirzada is puzzled about everything Halloween. All of the costumes and