Two People Same but Diffrent Lives

Authors Note: I am writing a compare and contrast paper about two different characters from two different books. Sent by Margaret Peterson Torn and the book Gone by Michael Grant.

Jonah is the main character of the story, The missing book 3, Torn, and Sam is the main character of the story, Gone. Both of these characters are similar and different in many ways. In both of these books the main characters have extremely strange events in their lives.

When comparing the two novels, Sam and Jonah both desired to be free from their troubles. Where they lived the events that happened in their lives and how their lives would become. Sam lived in a small town of Perdido Beach, after a strange accident the town was put inside a strange dome. Jonah finding out that he was kidnapped from the past goes on extraordinary adventures through time. After being sent to fix time Jonah still does not discovers were he really belongs. In these situations, many people would not want to be in the shoes, but for Sam and Jonah it is just the begging of the strange lives.

Another similarity between Sam and Jonah in each novel, is that they both feel as if they don’t know there true potential in life or how what their future will bring. Both know that the future for them will be a dramatic change but try to focus on the present, by thinking of how great there life is and how it will hopefully be. They have strange and unexplainable lives but Sam has a positively harder life than Jonah. 

An example of a difference between Sam and Jonah was that Sam had suffered during his changes more than Jonah did. When Sam’s live when crazy is when he lost everyone he loved above the age of fifteen. Sam also had to deal with many deaths by other kids his age. Jonah did not suffer as much as Sam even though Jonah did not have real parents, he never had to know them and suffer the loss of his parents. 

Additionally, a difference between Sam and Jonah was that Same lost his family and a lot of his friends and Jonah didn’t, because he was adopted and did not know his real parents. Many other kids we kidnapped from different times but never had the chance to know their parents like Sam did.

Lastly, Jonah did not have to fight a war with kids with unbelievable powers that injured many including him. People that lived in Perdido Beach had to face the new leaders punishment, anyone using their powers had cement blocks placed on their hands. Even though Jonah had troubles none of them could be as great as Sam’s.

In conclusion, there are many similarities and differences between these two character. Even though these characters lived in different ways of life, they shared many similarities and differences on how they dealt with there problems.

Trojan horse

The conflict was if the should bring the horse in the city or not. They eventually decided to bring it into the city. It was resolved after they brought it into the city after they said the gods we not like them to burn it. The people of troy thought that the horse was a gift the greeks left. So they brought it into the city but some of the greek armor was hiding it it. 

I think it could happen because people do all the time. such as on christmas people bring out boxes that have people in them to scare the person. I have seen it done in many movies were the actor is trying to sneak in a place or past somebody, they will hide in a cart or crate that is being moved inside a place so they can get in.

Who Am I

The Mean Green Fighting Machine

Getting chased by the army when he is enraged and a physicist when not. Running through the streets with ripped shorts. Almost infinite rage, anger for anything that wants to capture him. Smart when calm yet not when enraged. Started from gamma ray radiation and not able to control his rage. 

When enraged he turns into a colossus man with huge muscles, and when he isn't, he is just a plain physicist. Started when he was exposed to the blast area of the gamma radiation after a system malfunction. Running from himself when he is fueled with rage and trying to make the military understand that he is a normal human. 

After becoming the fighting machine, he discovered how is the way he is .His father was a scientist for genetics growth after being refused to work in that category his dad lost it. His dad got fired for doing human trials on himself which is how he got it. Afterward his dad started a nuclear meltdown that destroyed his home town.

"After You, My Dear Alphonse

I think that it relates to reverse racism when the mom starts saying all this stuff to this boy, like when she assumes hes' poor or that he doesn't get to eat a lot. Also when she assumes his dad does hard labor or tries to give him clothes, but it turns out the whole time that she is wrong about everything. And that it turns out that his life is almost the same as her life.

I think it can be compared to pewaukee in many different ways. The first way is in the story the mother thinks a lot like we do, such as she assumes she already knows everything about the person. For us it is what we think about other towns and how they are compared to us. What I think shirley Jackson is trying to teach us is not to assume how people live or act by their race. Also assuming things about people in the end can make you look like the dummy.