Cub Pilot was written by Mark Twain and is about a boat pilot student and he learned that you have to learn everything to do a job right. His teacher played a trick on him to help teach him confidence in his skills and knowledge.
No Gumption was written by Russell Baker and is about a boy trying to please his mother. His mother wanted him to get a job. He wasn’t good at the job his mother got for him and she was disappointed. He can discovered that he is a writer and not a salesman.
They are the same because both characters are trying to learn skills.
They are different because in one story the character has the skills he needs but doesn’t believe in himself and in the other the character is