Comparing The Street Car And There's No Escape

In "The Street Car,” the Czech Republican writer Viktor Cepek illustrates what is like to be in the street as well as inside the street car in his country during the Christmas season. On the other hand, in the other essay called "There's No Escape," the Korean writer Chris Song writes about his observation of his classroom during his chemistry lecture back in middle school. Despite the fact that these writers have different cultural backgrounds and different target audiences, the writers are both insiders in regard to their topics, their essays are both observatory, and their essays are both organized spatially as evident from their writings.
Both Cepek and Song are familiar with their topics that they write about in their essays. Cepek is originally from Czech Republic and, as written in his essay, he witnesses many different events happening in his hometown while feeling the coldness that he has not yet gotten accustomed to during the winter. Song is a South Korean student who talks about how bored he gets in his chemistry class, which he used to attend back in his middle school. Although these writers are both insiders, Song is more of an insider compared to Cepek since Song’s topic is more of an everyday circumstance whereas Cepek’s topic is seasonal.

For example, towards the end of "The Street Car," Cepek uses metaphor to compare the people inside the street car and a box of matches to express the crowdedness. In "There's No Escape," there is also a comparison between Song’s middle school and a jail. These are all derived from the writers’ observatory skills in their daily lives, which gives the reader more understanding of the context and situation. Another example that they have in common is their use of sensory details: sight and hearing. These literary devices enable the readers to experience what is like to be in that