The stories “Great Expectations: I Recall My Childhood” by Kathy Acker and “From City of Glass” by Paul Aster both revise tradition in different ways. For instance, in Katy Acker’s piece pays tribute to Charles Dickens’ famous novel “Great Expectations” as both pieces share similarities, nonetheless, Acker uses more modern language and ultimately uses Dickens’ work as a guide for her own writing. Whereas, Aster’s piece of literature focuses on the mystery/detective genre but with a twist; the narrator is nowhere near being a detective, but instead lives vicariously through the main character of his detective novels—who happens to be more confident and more cunning than he is. Moreover, the comic provided after Aster’s “From City of Glass” develops
