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.