Compare/Contrast Essay

CONTRAST ESSAY

2005

Introduction

Relationships between people are often very difficult as human beings tend to possess different traits , point of views and numerous different opinions . Moreover , almost all people are sure that they are right in this or that way and try to stand up for their principles . This results in worsening communication even among those who love and respect each other , like between fathers and their children . Not every person understands that this or that interest , this or that trait does not make a person bad or negative

. It is just his or her individuality that is to be respected and taking into account upon communication . Sometimes children begin to understand their parents only when they become parents themselves . They realize that their parents love them and want the best for them . The essays Shooting Dad ' and Arm Wrestling with my Father ' reflect the difficulties the authors had in relations with their parents and show how the heroes found the ways towards improving their communication

Comparison of essays

Brad Manning and Sarah Vowell (quite frank authors and critics ) write about their feelings and their communication with fathers . They pay attention to differences between them and their fathers , and describe how they could overcome the problems . Both had difficulties not only with their fathers but with their siblings as well

Sarah , for instance , has a twin-sister Amy who supports father in his passion to guns . For Sarah the idea of shooting is disgusting , and she greatly opposes her father 's and sister 's interest . In fact , shooting prevents father and daughter from enjoying life together , it separates them . Rather often the girl feels hurt when her father spends too much time making his guns and shooting thus , they are deprived of talking and discussing a lot of important and interesting s . Only later Sarah begins to understand her father 's motives , starts to respect his passion and even goes on shooting with him to Bridger Mountains of Montana . By this act she shows that she accepts what he does notwithstanding the fact that it is hard for her to do this Sarah Vowell understands that her presence is very important for her father after his great shooting she gives him compliments and says that she finds the shots very good . Therefore , she wants to be a good daughter and it is really necessary for her to unite with her family , to feel how good it is to be a one strong alliance and support each other in difficult situations . As she grows older and becomes a prominent journalist and writer , she learns how to cope with ideological differences , how to treat people in a tolerant way . She learns how to love . Sarah even realizes that she is much like her father and that she has many similar traits with him . She unites all her family , members of which are very much unlike each other , with different tastes and views At the end of her essayy Sarah , as the...