Comparisons

The world has expended too much that people have forgot the similarities that we share with everyone. Everyone thinks different because we have been expose to different circumstances. I believe that everyone should be treated how they want. Different skills between individuals can become a mighty strength that can accomplish anything. First, the four R’s should be a principle in this globalize world. By respecting and recognizing everyone we can create relationships, and by creating…

What does it mean to be human? Being human and what it takes to be human is often taken for granted. This question is not something we question daily, monthly, or yearly. We often just accept that we are human and leave it at that. In both Alan Moore’s Watchmen and Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, at least one character in each work face an extreme transformation that challenges or questions, the qualities and attributes of humanity. It is only after the transformation in both cases that the…

The Disney and historical portrayal have differences and similarities between the movie and the historical portrayal. The story Pocahontas is set back in the early 1600’s in America, where she was captured and forcefully brought to England to live. The three main points are her effects and looks are different while her actions are the same. To start with, Pocahontas’s looks were very different compared to the story. Pocahontas’s style in the movie was much more expressed for example when John…

Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are the two most important and talented composers of all times. These two composers are very respected and very known in classical music around the world. For instance, we are still studying their work today because of how important there were. However, the two composers have many similarities but when it comes to their music they are totally different. These two famous composers are different such as their nature of music, the use of a different…

“You see, we colored people have our own music that is part of us… [it’s] the product of our souls…” – James Reese Europe. Jazz is a popular style of music that emerged around the late 1800’s in New Orleans, a city of great ethnic diversity and unique musical styles. New Orleans’s cultural environment became the center of music which ultimately influenced the essence of jazz. Jazz music not only entertained the ears of many but also possessed the capability of bridging racial differences. If a…

The Boys in the Boat, a nonfiction novel by Daniel James Brown, and Seabiscuit a movie about horse racing, may seem like they have many more differences, but in reality they are extremely alike. For example, how the coaches and trainers will do unusual things to improve the team or jockey for their competition. Even though some of their coaching techniques are similar to the races weren’t as close in Seabiscuit compared to the Boys in the Boat. In both stories the coaches are determined, and…

The movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, 2005) , depicts a Beowulf that changes throughout the movie and over time, while the poem, reflects a Beowulf that remains the same throughout the whole poem, which helps to express the modern idea present society holds when interpreting the works of good and evil, and how their is a cultural difference between modern society and the Anglo-Saxons. When reading the poem, the reader can infer that Beowulf is a mighty, glorious, and resilient warrior. A…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Compare and Contrast Essay Have you ever read a short story and then went to a performance on it as well? Almost every time, there are things that are different and the same. In the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, there are numerous times when the Setting, Theme, Characters, Plot, and Conflict are different and the same. Most of the performance and story is the same. But, there are still things that are different. For Example, the setting in the short story of the Legend…

The story “The Immigrant Contribution,” by John F. Kennedy, has a formal and sophisticated diction compared to the story, “A Quilt of a Country”, by Anna Quindlen. There are a few similarities, such as the topic of each story revolves around immigrants. There are also many differences in the writing style of the two authors. One has a well-written, educated writing style. The other has an informal, emotional writing style. John F. Kennedy most definitely has a formal and sophisticated diction in…

“Give me my romeo; and when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine, that all will be in love with night”. At one point in time, romeo believes he is in love with rosaline, and all in the same day, he falls out of love with her, and falls in love with juliet. Both romeo and juliet, suddenly decide that they are in love with one another in a course of around a week. After romeo was given the sentence of exile as a punishment for killing…