There are many similarities and common ideas between the short stories “The Shining Houses”, by Alice Munro and “The Interlopers”, by Saki. Both short stories are common classics. If you compare the two stories, there are certain aspects of the plot which are very similar to each other. You will notice that there are similar personality traits between some of the characters, there are similar conflicts and they both share similar messages. If you compare the protagonists from each story, Mary from “The Shining Houses” and Ulrich from “The Interlopers”, you can notice indistinguishable personality traits and beliefs between the two of them. At the beginning of “The Shining Houses”, you read about how Mary likes to get into other people’s business. As the story states, Mary likes to talk to her neighbours and pretend she knows less than she actually does in order to get …show more content…
You first read about how she’s talking to her neighbour, Mrs. Fullerton and listens to what she has to say about her past. In a somewhat similar way at the beginning of “The Interlopers”, the protagonist, Ulrich also tried getting into Georg’s business. Ulrich purposely goes into the woods to see if Georg is there. After comparing these two events which happen in the story you can see that they are both curious. This can be summarized to say that they share the personality trait of inquisitiveness. Another word which can describe a personality trait which both Mary and Georg share is that they are caring, which can be shown later on in both stories. In “The Shining Houses”, when Mary goes to a party which is for many people in her neighbourhood, they all start talking about how they want to get rid of Mrs. Fullerton’s house because it is in such bad condition that it is degrading the value of the neighbour’s homes who live in the new subdivision. Despite the fact that Mary lives in the neighbourhood and Mrs. Fullerton’s house is most likely degrading the value of her
There are many similarities in the stories Hotel Rwanda and Night. For example, Eliezer and Paul are both protagonists that try to protect the people they love, such as their family members and people they know. The main characters loved ones are targeted to be killed due to their race, as one of the many reasons why the genocide began. In Night, Eliezer struggles to help his father during the time of his illness while in Hotel Rwanda, Paul bribes the general of the Rwandan army with large sums of money in exchange of the survival of his family and neighbors. Each character faces threats of being killed if they continue their acts of helping their loved ones.
The stories, even though they are written at different times, are written in very similar tone; both are written in a depressing tone. Most of the stories contain repetition of sad events like where Harlan Ellison uses “And it goes
“The Shining” is a novel written by Stephen King in 1977 and a horror movie directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The novel and movie tells a story about Jack Torrance, who becomes the off-season winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. Although the movie and the book have some similarities; there are many differences from the adaptation of the novel. In the book, the main characters are Jack Torrance, Wendy Torrance, and their son Danny Torrance.
One of the most important similarity is that both stories are well enjoyed over generations and teach great life lessons that serve the sole purpose of the
One of the more obvious similarities is that both tricksters in both stories are animals. Another similarity in these stories is they both share anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is giving animals
In Erik Larson’s novel The Devil in the White City takes place during the Gilded Age. During this period of time everything appears good and golden on the outside when in reality everything was full of corruption. In the novel, the author takes the reader to the city of Chicago, where the city is “swelled “in population causing the city to expand in all “available directions” (Larson 44). As Chicago became the “second most populous [city] in the nation after New York” there was an urge that city show off to the world and the nation of how great it was through the Chicago World’s Fair (Larson 44).
“The Fall Of The House Of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe and “ House Taken Over “ by julio Cortazar, both Gothic Literatures explaining the lives of those who are too afraid to live, when they believe in buying themselves happiness. In both stories, the setting is based off two extremely large homes that are being taken care of by siblings, both male and female. They end up excluding themselves from each other's lives and begin to follow a routine based of the house. Both keeping you guessing at the end. Did they disappear?
“Identity cannot be found or fabricated, but emerges from within when one has the courage to let go”- by Doug Cooper. Circumstances, experiences and society are factors in an individual’s life which contribute to the formation of their identity. Identity is not found, instead, it’s made by conflicts, hurdles, societal pressures and obstacles in one’s life which come together in harmony to create one’s identity in its purest form. How individuals act and respond to challenging circumstances determines their values, goals and beliefs, thus, forms them as a whole. In the text name “The Shining Houses” by Alice Munro, a character named Mary experiences stresses in her life which attribute to not only her individuality but to her development as a character as the story progresses.
The themes of both books are both knowledge is power. Both of the settings are around the same time period and they are dystopias. Finally, the characters of the two stories are both lifeless wives and the main characters are against the society. This shows how the two stories are similar by themes, settings, and
Even though both of these stories include the theme of reaching for something you don’t quite have may be in place in totally different texts that use their imagery in different ways, you can still find similar themes in both pieces of
For example, there are antagonists in both of the stories. But there are many more similarities than that. Similarities In the story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” there are two different countries telling the story. One is Norway, and the other country is Poland/Germany.
The two stories of creation we 're very similar in both Christianity, and the Iroquois. They both had the same outline, but each of them added their own personal twists that made it their own. Their first similarity was the amount of children they had. They both had 2 kids, that we 're opposites. One of the differences about this was that one of the stories was how in one, the kids we 're dire opposites.
The earth was created a billion years ago, made for human life to live on. Also, created to hold billions of people in a peaceful and good environment. In other words, that had never happened. For centuries many people have been racist and prejudice to others. As a result, wars, hatred, and protests broke out, because people thought they were better than others.
Although, they have similarity, the two stories has major differences also. First, both author differs the way they introduce and develop their lead characters to the reader. Second, they also differ in perspective from which their stories are being told. Third, they differs on the choice of settings and how it impact to the stories.
In Virginia Woolf’s “Street Haunting”, the reader follows Woolf through a winter’s walk through London under the false pretense to buy a new pencil. During her journey through the streets of London, she is made aware of a number of strangers. The nature of her walk is altered by these strangers she encounters. Street Haunting comes to profound conclusions about the fluidity of individuality when interacting with other people. Woolf is enabled by the presence of others to subvert her individuality.