Compare And Contrast The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

Living: Analysis 1 Essay
In the two stories, “The Bride comes to Yellow Sky” and “Eveline”, there are two main characters who I found to be compelling- Eveline and Potter. The two characters both tried to find a way to reveal their future plans without offending the people who held high standards for them. In both stories, for a change, the two characters finally began to think about their own happiness, instead of allowing others to dictate it for them. They both had taken a certain amount of control over the both of their lives. They were both family oriented and often times found themselves living up to society’s standards. They wanted to live for themselves, and they did in different ways. Though these two characters shared many similarities,

In the story, “The Bride comes to Yellow Sky”, Potter reluctantly overcame his fear of what others were going to say about him bringing his new wife to Yellow Sky with him. On the other hand, Eveline was also close to being able to live her life, but she thought about the sake of her mother’s request to take care of her father and brother while she is dead. She knew that this would conclude to her not wanting to leave her family behind. Though both of them both had the same perspective about how others perceived them, Eveline saw what others were doing and thought she wanted to do it also. She saw that around her age, her peers were running off to get married and she knew that Jack would be the perfect person for her to marry and start a family with. She decided to go against the grain as Potter did, except, she did not run off with her boyfriend to another country. In today’s world, many people do not take control over their own life. Many are influenced by their peers, family members, and their traditions and it scares them not to want to live for themselves. Instead of them following the path of others, they did what made them happy, and that is the most important thing of life: being