Compare and Contrast

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Both "The Birthmark" and "Bartleby" use in medias res, starting in the middle of the story; this helps the reader jump into the story. Also, in class flashback was used to compare how the story would of been different. With the use of flashback the stories would not of had such a dramatic ending. As for characters, the husband in "The Birthmark" and Bartleby in "Bartleby" did not change, static characters,  throughout the stories. The husband always  wanted the birthmark gone, and Bartleby never wanted to work. Also, the wife in "The Birthmark" and the lawyer in "Bartleby" were dynamic characters. Both characters under went a change within the stories.

To contrast, "The Birthmark" told the importance of leaving nature as nature intended. For characters, the character were very motivated. The wife was motivated to keep her husband happy, and the husband was motivated to have his wife's birthmark go away. As for "Bartleby" the reader is never told as to why the characters are not motivated in their actions.

I learned that all stories are somewhat the same. In the text book, I learned that all writing is a similar process with plot, setting, characters, theme, etc. Yet, stories differ by how the author uses these items of literature, and stories also differ from how each different reader interpret the story that is read.