Stone Soup Short Story

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Can we Break Traditions? The essay “ Stone Soup” by Barbara Kingsolver and the essay “Once More to the Lake” by E. B White have a multifold of comparisons and a multifarious differences. In “Stone Soup” the fundamental issue is explaining that broken families are not actually broken. In “Once More to the Lake” the root of the story is that the father wants to carry on the tradition with his son that he had as a child on the lake. “A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past”(Tradition). Although White and his son are exceedingly close, unlike Kingsolver’s family, they are both families and they both love each other to a great extent. …show more content…

Most readers can agree that family is one of the important components in life. Family is important in “Once More to the Lake” due to the bond between the father and son, as they are extremely close. In “Stone Soup” family is important, taking into consideration no family is broken and no family is better than another. Each family functions in its own perfect way; furthermore, they do not need to change. One similarity in these stories is love, which is demonstrated frequently throughout each story. Love in “Stone Stoup” is shown by families loving and caring for each other as a family should. In “Once more to the Lake” love is the bond between a father and a son. Love is the underlying base of everything. Without love you have nothing. Most readers can presume that everything begins and ends with love and requires love to make it work. Families need love to survive, relationships need love to last, friendships need love to endure. The most important way these stories are alike is by the traditions that are handed down from one generation to the next. Traditions can be little things from secrets your parents tell you to significant things such as Thanksgiving. “Once More to the Lake” includes a tradition of father and son enjoying their summer at the lake. “Stone Soup” includes a tradition of people thinking that marriages must last and that blended families are not family; Which most readers do not agree

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