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Traveling Pants Vs Mare's War

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The main characters in the novels, Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares both evolved by the end of the novel. Octavia from Mare’s War and Tibby from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, both looked past others exterior and judged them by their insides. During Mare’s War Mare Octavia's grandma shares her stories about being a Women Army Corps (WAC) during WWII. Throughout The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, over time, Tibby sees something special about Bailey. The two novels are two completely different genres and types of novels but in the end their characters are very alike. Even though Mare’s War and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, mostly take part in different eras of time, …show more content…

She wears flippy auburn wigs. stiletto shoes, and padded push up bras... has long, fake nails and a croaky hoarse drwal, and she’s always holding a long , skinny cigarette” (Davis 2). Octavia should of looked past her exterior because Mare was an extremely brave and courageous women. Just like Octavia, Tibby judged Bailey, who was a costumer at the store she worked at. Bailey was very interested in Tibby, but just because Bailey was younger then her and was annoying, Tibby wanted nothing to do with her. There was one catch with Bailey, she had Leukemia. Tibby did …show more content…

In addition, Octavia and Tibby judged someone but, by the end of the novel they respected the person even more. In the start of the books the characters both did not want anything to do with the person. Octavia and her sister went on a road trip with Mare for the whole summer, which they were made to go on. On the long days on the road Mare told them about her life in WWII as a WAC and from those stories Octavia and her sister realized that their grandma is actually an impressive, courageous, fighter. Mare stood up for segregation and women’s rights. By the end of the summer, Octavia looked past Mares long nails and stiletto shoes, and payed attention to her characteristics. Like Octavia, Tibby gained more respect for Tibby once she got to know her. Tibby first met Bailey at Wallman’s were Tibby worked, since Bailey passed out and Tibby rode with her in the ambulance. Since that day Bailey went back to Wallmans everyday to see her, but Tibby thought she was very annoying and way to young for them to be friends. One day Bailey didn’t show up to the store, because she is at the hospital, and Tibby refused to go and visit her. Finally

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