Yomna ElShabrawy Block:D Date:Feb.4.2018 Short Story Compare and Contrast Essay The three adolescent protagonist in the stories “Muffin”, “What’s Inside”, and “Fortune Cookie” are facing huge struggles in their life. In order, “Muffin” is about a young girl named Daisy, struggling with bullying at her school.…
The movie High Noon written by Carl Foreman and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell are very similar yet very different at the same time. In High Noon the main character Will Kane is conflicted with many miniature conflicts, but the main one is he has to take down Frank Miller and his possy. On the other side in the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist Rainsford gets stranded on an island, and then is hunted by a man named Zaroff who is a superb hunter and Rainsford has to survive a hunt against him. “The Most Dangerous Game” and High Noon are different in their own ways, but they also share similarities in its main characters, they are also similar in the conflicts and different in settings. In both the short story and the movie conflicts are presented, but all those little conflicts add up to the…
In today’s society, I perceive myself as white, male, heterosexual, able-bodied, upper-class, college-educated, and Jewish. That is a gift in today’s world. I am fortunate to come from a privilege background, but I recently started to have more sense of appreciation of my white privilege ever since I started to take a Gender, Race, and Class course. One of the readings that really caught my eye was “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy Mcintosh, and in her article, she discusses how some people who have white privilege do not seem to recognize the privilege that they have. She gives numerous of examples on how white privilege helps in real life encounters.…
The theme of Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen is that everyone can change. This is because The main character, Cole, is bullying a lot of kids and is not very nice, after he touched the spirit bear he noticed how beautiful the world was. Peter was attempting to commit suicide and he also feared Cole, later they started to trust each other. “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem that you saved for your dance of anger. ”(Mikaelsen, Touching, 239).…
Although these two novels have some similarities, they also have some differences. In contrast, one of these two protagonists is a lot more noble than the other. In similar…
Heroines depicted in new emerging dystopian literatures are not only slowly breaking the stereotypical representations of youth, but are also challenging gender stereotypes. Thus, inspiring the teenage audience and providing this young generation with strong female role models. TWTWB, by John Marsden, and The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, are two examples of such literatures. Both of these texts portray strong female heroines- Ellie Linton (from TWTWB) and Katniss Everdeen (from The Hunger Games) – who are faced by adverse circumstances which they overcome in bold, and diverse ways.…
Two different things that can seem completely different, sometimes can end up being the same. With people, there can be a boy and girl. One will brown hair, and one with blonde. One will blue eyes, and one with green. One will a high-pitched southern accent, and one with a low monotone british accent.…
Even though their problems might seem different because of the time periods they are very similar because they both strive for their…
My liminal space is being categorized by my race even though I am biracial. Growing up in a border town, Laredo, Texas, as half black and half Mexican was difficult because people would say offensive comments without realizing it. Such as " Wow! You don't look black!" , "You look nothing like your mother!" , or "Your hair is nice considering the mix.…
Easy A is a movie created by director Will Gluck. The movie is about a high schooler who lies and loses her respect throughout the school. Most people who have watched this movie know that it’s trying to compare itself to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous book The Scarlet Letter. The movie compares itself in some well thought out ways like how Olive is an outcast from her peers after everyone learned about her lie.…
Time and time again people come to the common question of, “Movies vs. books?” Many movies follow their books word for word whether its character development or plot development, whereas other movies change and twist the book’s stories in unimaginable ways, yet people are still faced with the question, “Movies or books?” An example of how books and movies can differ is in the story “The Outsiders” written by S. E. Hinton and produced by Francis Coppola. Although there are many similarities that both the book, The Outsiders, and the movie share, there were many noticeable differences in the appearance and personalities of all the characters. Three of the main characters, Pony, Johnny and Soda, will be reviewed in particular.…
Although the points that both authors indicate are very similar to each other, the environments that they focus on, the struggles they have experienced, and the fear they have faced are dissimilar due to the different time periods in both stories. The story…
Introduction: One may not realize that a person is living in isolation, especially if they are seen around people. It is quite a wonder that one can be quite alienated from normal life or people while still living around them. More so, it is surprising how a person could just choose to live indoors because of his phobia and be happy enjoying his own company. In the two works of literature, The Pleasure of my Company by Steve Martin and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, this theme has been expressed in different ways. While Martin in his book, The Pleasure of My Company expresses the theme of isolation by developing a protagonist who is confined from the normal social life like other people with his fears, Salinger develops such a character…
Throughout The Odyssey-an epic by Homer-we learn of all the trials and tribulations King Odysseus faces as he fights to return home to his loving wife, Penelope, and growing son, Telemachus. While Odysseus is away, there are many young men attempting to lure in his wife, Penelope, and take over his kingdom. They plot to kill Prince Telemachus and King Odysseus if he ever returns to Ithaca. Once Odysseus returns home, he remains in disguise until he is certain it is safe for him to reveal his identity. He convinces Penelope to set up a contest for the suitors in which they try to string King Odysseus’s bow, which only he can string, and shot an arrow through twelve axe heads.…
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, there are two prominent settings with opposing forces that are central to the context of the play. These two different settings explain Shakespeare’s underlying messages and themes that he wanted to convey to his audience. The setting the readers are introduced to first, Athens, is meant to represent the harshness of the real world, while the other main location, the forest, has a more lovable and happier notion. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the dissimilarities of the setting enhance the mood and conflicts, represent different ideas and themes, and portray Shakespeare’s personal ideas about how true love can overcome obstacles, especially with the help of imagination and altered minds.…