Use the sentence frame below to compare the significance of home and family relationships in two of the following texts:
Oedipus Rex
Romeo and Juliet
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Cather in the Rye
"Where the Wild Things Are"
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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Where The Wild Things Are by Mauric Sendak demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both believe that home is an asylum to the main characters. On the other hand, they differ in that To Kill A Mockingbird emphasizes Scout growing up because of the things she views around her life whereas Where The Wild Things Are argues that it is Max's choice to try and grow up on his own.
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DeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both easily adopt a new environment as their home in their travels. On the other hand, they differ in that, Oedipus Rex emphasizes a lack of knowledge from his origin and Romeo and Juliet is based more off of passion from their love.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts ,To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee and ,Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak demonstrate similar perspective on home. They both believe they are at home when Scout is in her overalls and Max in his wolfsuit. On the other hand, they differ in the, Max's mindset vhages about his wolfsuit when he comes back from his "vacation island" whereas Scout believes that she can wear her overalls without a problem and that it's where she needs to be
ReplyDeleteBoth text, To kill a mockingbird, by Harper Lee and Where the wild things are, by Maurice Sendak, have very simular aspects of the word home. Both use inanimate objects i.e Max'speed wolfsuit and Scout'so overalls, as their own "home". They feel a few and protected in these objects. One thexample other hand, their "home" are changed in different ways. Max voluntarily changes this "home" when he takes ofor the wolfsuit for his mom while Scout's home is changed forcefully when those closes to her take of her overalls.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak demonstrate similar perspectives on family. Both characters, Max and Oedipus, run away from their families because they wish to escape their realities. While Oedipus wishes to change his fate, Max wishes to identify with his true wild self. However, both texts conclude differently in that Oedipus self-exiles himself and never restores a relationship with his family; while Max is able to suppress his wild nature and return to his mother.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak demonstrate similar perspectives on family. Both characters, Max and Oedipus, run away from their families because they wish to escape their realities. While Oedipus wishes to change his fate, Max wishes to identify with his true wild self. However, both texts conclude differently in that Oedipus self-exiles himself and never restores a relationship with his family; while Max is able to suppress his wild nature and return to his mother.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "the Catcher and the Rye" by JD Salinger and "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both believe when people have mass on that is when there are their true selves. On the other hand they differ in the idea of finding that home. For instance, Holden's comfortable state is when he is wearing his baseball cap. He finds home within himself. While Romeo finds his home in Juliet, they go as far as leaving their old olds to form a new one together. All characters have an external conflict on fight for their innocence or purity.
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DeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger demonstrate similar perspectives on home. The characters both believed that they had to escape from their homes to find their purpose or true identities. As these characters find their purpose lead to their downfall. On the other hand they differ in that Oedipus feels loved by his family even though they discover his truth whereas Holden feels rejected by his family after Allies death.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and “Where the Wild things Are”, by Maurice Sendak demonstrates similar perspectives on home. They both believe that to get away from problems they should run away from home. On the other hand, they differ in that, “ Where the Wild things Are”, emphasizes going back home is better than running away because that's where comfort is at, whereas Romeo and Juliet argues that to be problem free they had to leave which they did permanently.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare and "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D Salinger demonstrate similar perspectives on home and family. Both stories believe in innocence. On the other hand, "Romeo and Juliet", the star-crossed lovers want to love without losing their innocence, so they kill themselves in order to maintain it. "Romeo and Juliet" focus on death as the only escape to maintain innocence. Whereas, in "Catcher in the Rye" Holden runs away from home to maintain his innocence. Holden represents innocence within society, he can't gather the courage to have sex with a woman even though he claims to be very 'hormonal'. Romeo and Juliet's love represents innocence whereas Holden's being represents innocence.
ReplyDeleteIn both texts "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare and "Where the Wild things Are" by Maurice Sendak both demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both believe that running away from home is a good idea. They differ in that, of "Romeo and Juliet" that they ran away because they were part of two families that didn't like each other. "Where the Wild Things Are" Max ran away because he was treated like a kid and wanted feel like a "grown up" whereas in "Romeo and Juliet" the two character ran away because of young love and in "Where the Wild Things Are" max runs away to feel superior and in control.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Romeo and Juliette by William Shakespeare, express the feeling of home in a different person. Holden was at home when he was with Phoebe and Romeo was at home when he was with Juliette. Phoebe was Holden's safe haven after Ally died because he was never close with D.B. or his parents. Romeo and Juliette were both trying to stay out of their house because they were restricted and weren't able to love each other. Both Romeo and Holden didn't see home as a comfortable place to be, but they found that comfort within other people.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger ad To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both believe in a home where there is peace. However, they differ in that the innocence both main characters portray emphasizes different conflicts the characters face as a result of their need for guidance. Holden in The Catcher in the Rye is lost in New York City. The only time he feels at home is either when he is with his sister Phoebe, and when he is at the Carousel "protecting" the innocent children. Although he wants to guide the children in the right direction, in a way he looks to the children for guidance. He is able to find his true self with them at the carousel, and finds guidance in his life after consulting past teachers. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout looks to her father for guidance, but as a result of which causes her to be placed into trouble, where the real world hits her hard at such a young age. After such events, Scout resorts to the comfort of her Fathers lap where she is at home.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak demonstrate similar perspectives on family. They both believe that home is not a place where we can be ourselves On the other hand, they differ in that, Where the Wild Things Are emphasized a bowdlerized version of Oedipus Rex's message and says that the individual suppression their wolfish nature in order to fit in with the rest of society, whereas Oedipus Rex argues that our existential questions must be answered even if the answers bring our downfall and the downfall of our brother-sons.
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DeleteJourney Alexander as Joyce Alexander In both texts, Where The Wild Things Are and The Catcher And The Rye by Maurice Sendak and J.D Salinger the characters both see family as a prison of some sort because they can't be who they truly are and succumb to their desires. While the people around them want to supress these desires, so they want to create their own homes. Max wants to live in the wild and Holden wants to live in the world of innocence and protect the innocent which makes them different because Max comes back to his home and seeks refugee while Holden is scared to go back home.
ReplyDeleteIn both texts, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles demonstrates similarities in escaping from their problems. They both value the sense of home. On the other hand, they differ in the perspective of family which emphasize by reality whereas family can determine the values you argue and what is best for the character.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak are similar with the perspective of home in mind. You find that in both texts home is a safe place for them which they can be themselves. Both characters find comfort in an article of clothing as well. For Scout her article of clothing is overalls and Max’s article is his wolf suit. The two are also similar in the way that food means a lot to them. For Scout it brings her closer to her father who is always busy. While for Max food represents his connection with his mom. The texts differ in the sense that Scout is exposed to real word problems which make her realize she wants to be no where but home. While Max makes up an imaginary place where he realizes he prefers home as well.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger demonstrate similar perspectives on family. They both believe that their home is a prison due to all of the family problems they have in their households. On the other hand, they differ in that, the main characters had to take a different journey/path in life to discover that their home was actually a refuge from the real world. For example, Max from "Where The Wild Things Are" had to escape himself and go into his dreams to discover that his home was a refuge because he had someone at home in whom truly loves and cares for him, his mother. Now, in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden had left his home for school, but in reality he left his house because of his parents always being on his case. His parents would always fix his problems and just sign him up for a new school when he'd be kicked out from one. He went on a journey in the real world and discovered that his home was his refuge. Back home he had his sisters, Phoebe, she meant the world to him and gave him the love he needed and was his motivation as well. They both had family issues, but at the end they discovered that family is the reason for their homes being a refuge.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger demonstrate similar perspectives on home. They both believe that home depends on the people that are around them. For example, holden felt that he was actually at home when he was with Phoebe or felt at home when his brother Allie was there with him. Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird felt at home when she was sitting in her father's lap or being scolded by Calpurnia. On the other hand, the two texts differ in that Salinger emphasizes Holden's problem as trying to preserve everyone's innocence which holds him back from being like the other people around him in New York City whereas Lee argues that Scout's problem was trying to figure out how to be herself while trying to please others around her as well. For example, Scout wanted to wear overalls and play fight with boys; but, she couldn't because the people around her (like Calpurnia) would not accept that as appropriate and would end up scolding her for that type of behavior.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger demonstrate similar perspectives on family. They both believe that home is where Oedipus and Holden should be, even though it is the place they try to get away from. Holden swears he does not want to be at home, because the memory of Allie is too prominent. However, he gets himself kicked out of every school he attends, subconsciously landing himself right back at home, where he is safe. Oedipus leaves his true home thinking that he will cause harm to his 'parents', and goes to Thebes. But Oedipus's true home was back in Corinth with his adopted parents where he was loved and protected. Both characters never actually end up at their homes, they are both misplaced in the end. Holden is at a mental facility and Oedipus is exiled from Thebes. Neither character has a home.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Send and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles demonstrate similar perspectives on family. King Oedipus and Max run away from their families in order to escape their realities. However, In the end both characters return to their families, take responsibility for their actions, and apologize. On the other hand, they differ in that Oedipus detaches himself from his community where as Max returns and restores his relationship with his mother who expresses her love and acceptance through her food.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Where the Wild Thing Are by Maurice Sendack demonstrate similar perspectives on family. They both believe that running way from the idea of home and family is running away from a place where a person cannot be themselves and must conceal their true feelings. On the other hand, they differ in that, Where the Wild Things Are emphasizes forgiveness and Max eventually returning to his home whereas The Catcher in the Rye argues, in the circumstances of Holden, one may not be able to return and stay home due to conflictions with family and within.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "Catcher in the Rye" by author, J.D Salinger and "Where the wild things are" by author Harper Lee both demonstrate similar perspectives on family. Both main characters believe in a forever child hood, wanting extreme attention, and refuse to face everyday reality. On the other hand, they differ in that Holden in "The Catcher In The Rye" emphasizes that real world situations on the effects of avoiding home and family whereas emotions run high in which Holden refuses to accept the fact that home is really all he as besides the argument that Max is met with reality when he goes off to his own world in which his mind forces him into reality.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "Catcher in the Rye" by author, J.D Salinger and "Where the wild things are" by author Harper Lee both demonstrate similar perspectives on family. Both main characters believe in a forever child hood, wanting extreme attention, and refuse to face everyday reality. On the other hand, they differ in that Holden in "The Catcher In The Rye" emphasizes that real world situations on the effects of avoiding home and family whereas emotions run high in which Holden refuses to accept the fact that home is really all he as besides the argument that Max is met with reality when he goes off to his own world in which his mind forces him into reality.
ReplyDeleteBoth texts "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak demonstrate similar perspectives on home. In both texts the main characters believe that home is not where they live exactly but an object. For Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird" home is in her overalls, while home for Max in "Where the Wild Things Are" is in the wild suit. On the other hand, they differ in how each main character comes to light on their reality. Scout is informed by her reality and the truth of her world in real world situations and problems, while Max is informed by experiencing a bad imagination.
ReplyDeleteIn both texts "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare and "Where the Wild things Are" by Maurice Sendak both demonstrate similar perspectives about home. Max,Romeo and Juliet all believe that running away from home is a good idea. The difference in that, of "Romeo and Juliet" was to run away because they were apart of two families that didn't like each other.In "Where the Wild Things Are" Max ran away because he was treated like a kid and wanted feel like a "grown up" where as in "Romeo and Juliet" the two character ran away because of young love and in "Where the Wild Things Are" max runs away to feel superior and in control.At the end of it all Max imagination got interrupted by his mother who insist that he needed to go to bed. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet had consequences just all for love.
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