compare and contrast

Comparing and contrasting “The water liars” “Last Evening on Earth”

The short novels “Water Liars” and “Last evening On Earth” depict men on vaction, consuming excess amounts of alcohol , engaging in sexual thoughts and acts, displaying different emotions, the people they associate themselves with,and an unforetold ending to both these stories. Although they have these things in common these same things are what make these two stories very different.

The first thing these two stories share is the most noticeable ,these men are taking vacations away from their homes to get away and have fun . B and his father in “Last Evenings on Earth” are going to Acapulco . The man in “Water Liars” is going to Farte Cove off the Yazoo river.

Although these men go on vacation the reasons that they go on vacation is very dissimilar .The husband in “Water Liars’’ goes to Farte Cove because he is as he says “run down and flocked by the world” He is trying to get away from all his problems , such as his financial stability , and the fact that his wife had been lying about her virginity to him for years . B and his father are doing pretty well financially . B’s father drives a nice car, he can afford to stay and nice hotels, and go to strip bars . The trip they are taking is just a father and son trip .

Secondly the use of alcohol is common in both of these stories whether the main characters in the story are intoxicated or the character’s around them . In ‘Water Liars’ the husband tells of how on his birthday he remembers when his wife was “almost drowned in vodka cocktails”. Also when the converse as a group they drink beer and talk about their memories .B and his father drink at social events ,such as going to the stripper bar , going to re...

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Finally the difference in between these stories is the people they associate themselves with .B and his Father associate themselves with people they don’t really know ,they mess with different women and an ex driver .In “Water Liars” Dr. Mooney knows most of these people he is conversing with ,it is some new comers but he knews a lot of them pretty well .

In conclusion ‘Water Liars” written by Barry Hannah and ‘Last Evenings On Earth ‘ depict scenes of men on vacation,the consumption of excessive amount of alcohol ,very vivid sexual scenes,the relationship status’s of the families , the people they interact with and the unforeseen ending of both stories .Even these things are very much the same in these stories they are also the same things that make these stories very different .