A common theme throughout humanity is greed and a denial of responsibility. I have found that in the fictional story of The Lorax and in the historical story of Easter Island, these are common themes. These two stories share many similarities, such as the issues they take on, the damage caused by the people's actions, and warnings and examples they offer for future generations. One similarity that the two stories share is the environmental issues that arise. Both stories face a broad number of environmental issues, but one specific example is that both stories talk about deforestation. Deforestation became a problem for the Easter Islanders when they began to rapidly cut down trees in order to move the stone statues that they carved to different
In both texts "The Unfortunate Fireflies" a fiction article by Clara Dillingham Pierson and "The Discontented Rock" an Iroquois tale by Frances Jenkins Olcott, both characters believed something about themselves that is not true.Both characters believed on something that is slightly similar and slightly different. But, then learned their lesson and the characters changed.
Though the two stories are very different in how they deal with the issues of society, the symbols of houses present a very similar meaning to both stories. Both relate to a flawed society, however one acts as a barrier and another as an agent for change.
The similarities are prolific in their presence in certain parts of the novel, the very context of both stories shows similarities, both are dealing with an oppressed factor that is set free by an outsider who teaches and challenges the system in which the oppressed are caught.
The settings of two very similar stories can make them seem completely different. In a similar way, Sonia and Anne from the novel I Promised I Would Tell by Sonia Weitz and the play The Diary of Anne Frank by Albert Hackett are Jewish girls in the Holocaust who are struggling to survive. Both of their lives are at risk each day and throughout both of the stories, the girls are put in many difficult and dangerous situations and settings. Although these girls are both living in fear of losing their lives, Anne lives in a somewhat comfortable room for the first couple years of her struggle while Sonia is living in a horrifying Concentration Camp.
Things that are similar about the two novels and how both of their dreams were crushed are both are groups of people who have these dreams and each finds or meets something that can help their dreams come true, the pearl and Candy. Furthermore, the realization of their dreams coming to an end is, in both books, caused by the death of someone who is a part of the dream, Coyotito and Lennie.
different time of period and different region, but yet both stories shared similar endings and
It is very clear that although the plots in the two stories have little in common; the underlying series of events are similar. In both stories there is an abandoned character, Skipper and cù mòr glas, that is rescued. Skipper and cù mòr glas are taken care of by their rescuer and given a potential second chance. In the end, Skipper and cù mòr glas unintentionally harm their rescuers either physically or emotionally; however their rescuers are both in pain. Even though “Skipper” is about a young boy growing up and “As Birds Bring Forth the Sun” is about a families heritage starting off with an animal attack, it is evident that the two characters, Skipper and cù mòr glas, live the same series of events in their own respective lives.
The details in both books make them seem very different from each other, but in reality the have a very similar plot. An event leads the characters in both books stranded and by themselves without any help. The main characters are determined to help everyone and try to escape. Both books have an opposing group
“Earth people will beat out any other intelligent life-form in any and all competitions” is a theme, but “good always beats evil” is one too. “Once upon a time . . . ” stories have themes too, except they are more one-dimensional. For example,... ...
Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding in 1954 about a group of young British boys who have been stranded alone together on an island with no adults. During the novel the diverse group of boys struggle to create structure within a society that they constructed by themselves. Golding uses many unique literary devices including characterization, imagery, symbolism and many more. The three main characters, Ralph, Piggy, and Jack are each representative of the three main literary devices, ethos, logos, and pathos. Beyond the characterization the novel stands out because of Golding’s dramatic use of objective symbolism, throughout the novel he uses symbols like the conch, fire, and Piggy’s glasses to represent how power has evolved and to show how civilized or uncivilized the boys are acting. It is almost inarguable that the entire novel is one big allegory in itself, the way that Golding portrays the development of savagery among the boys is a clear representation of how society was changing during the time the novel was published. Golding is writing during
...ce, although both writings are interesting in their own ways, the most interesting aspect of both writings together is that they both have a similar plot and theme. It is rare that two
They both have a theme of racism and the author gave out what it was like for the black community in the past on having to go threw what they did everyday. In these novels, the characters and the society are alike however, unfortunately they have different endings.
The Parallels that exist between these two tales can not be denied. The twists that are given to the old "Pied Piper" story to create it into something like "The Sweet Hereafter" are really interesting to see. Though "The Pied Piper" is a baseline for this book it also incorporates so much more. In the folk tale moral issues such as dishonesty are dealt with, in the book moral issues such as incest and infidelity are shown. Both stories have similar characters and take place in isolated rural small towns. Russell Banks saw the extended meaning in the folk tale of "The Pied Piper" and used it to write a very fascinating book with similar meanings and tragic events.
The best allusion of this theme is the story of Cain and Abel in the bible. The two different tribes in the story elude to Cain, which is anarchy-Jack’s tribe, and Abel, which is order-Ralph’s group. Jack snarls, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” (Golding 152). This is the turning point where They are killing Simon. Jack’s tribe has lost all order and now only care about killing things. This alludes to Cain killing Abel, because of Cain’s jealousy. Jack was jealous of Ralph being chief, so he was just going to resort to anarchy to be the leader of a tribe. Just as the two tribes allude to the biblical story, the island itself alludes to another biblical element. The island alludes to the Garden of Eden, in the bible. Ralph yells to the others, “This belongs to us” (Golding 30). The boys have landed on this island, and it is kind of like a little Garden of Eden. There are no adults, the island is quite nice, and they are expecting to have a grand time. Just like the the garden, the island was almost meant for them, but the boys can’t seem to get their act together when trying to decide how to run the island. It seems that they can’t live in peace. As a result, the theme is developed, and is now seen as an
In conclusion, these stories are very similar in many ways. Out of all the themes that could be used to compare the two, the most important ones are hatred, manipulation and hatred. Hatred is disliking some one or something and there are many characters that dislike each other. Manipulation is using your creativity to come up with a way to get someone to believe something that is not true. Lastly, jealousy, which is wanting something that someone else has and doing things to get it which is what Iago did in the play and Fernand did in the movie.