Principals are important because it’s the head officer of the school. They take care of student matters and provide needed to them. In Lillian Boraks Nemetz’s novel “The old brown suitcase”, the author highlights the importance of a compassionate principal. Although the novel contains obvious similarities, it is the difference which are significant. In “the old brown suitcase”, there are two principals in the novel with some obvious similarities. Mr. Dunshill is the head principal who has “grey hair with a long thin nose and round glass.” He is the principal of Slava’s new school. In the same way, Mr. Patterson is the principal of Slava previous high school in Montreal. Secondly, both principal have the same gender. However, the
