Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird And A Christmas Memory

Secondly, the two stories have differences and similarities between the setting. One similarity that fits the settings includes both being friendly towns. In the novel, the setting is described as a friendly town with old ladies baking cakes and sheriffs who say folksy things. In the short story, it's starts in small town with old ladies and kids baking cakes and giving them to people they know of. For example in “A Christmas Memory” the cousin says “Friends. Not necessarily neighbor friends indeed, the larger share is intended for persons we've met maybe once, perhaps not at all. People we struck our fancy. Like President Roosevelt. Like the reverend and Mrs. J.C Lucey, and Baptist missionaries to Borneo who lectured last winter.” In To Kill …show more content…
Scout and Buddy both live in a very nice little town with caring and nice neighbors including Haha and Boo. One difference between the two settings is the short story starts in November and is close to Christmas while the novel starts in summer/fall. Buddy says “Imagine a morning in November. A coming of winter morning more than twenty years ago.” As in TKAM, Scout says “Maycomb was a tired old town even in 1932 when I first knew it, that summer I was 6 years old.” Another difference between the two settings is different starting points. In To Kill A Mockingbird , Scout introduces us to her surroundings and says “Early one morning as we were beginning our day’s play in the back yard, Jem and I heard something next door in Miss Rachel Haverford’s collard patch. In “A Christmas Memory” Buddy describes where he is and says “Consider the kitchen of a spreading old house in a country town. A great black stove is its main feature; but there is also a big round table and a fireplace with two rocking chairs laced in front of it. Just today the fireplace commenced its seasonal roar.” Therefore, the two stories take place in different seasons and have different starting