Comparing

Comparison of 'The A&P' and 'My Brothers Keeper'
The author’s purpose for 'A&P' is; to inform that there is a limit to how we should go to help others. The author’s purpose for 'My Brother’s Keeper' is also; There is a limit someone should go to help others, even if that person means a lot to you. The author’s purpose of A&P is very similar to my brother’s keeper only because there is a limit to helping others especially depending on how drastic the situation is. I personally wouldn't have wanted to help Ted even if he was my brother because he's going against my own values & well eventually Ted needs to grow up. Both audiences of the stories are teenagers because eventually you have to start to grow up & take responsibility for your actions. Whereas Ted depended on his brother to help him out. Sammy made a stupid decision by quitting for some girls, when he knows his parents need that extra money that he's making. The significance of both titles are very different because most of the A&P story takes place in the A&P. In My brother’s keeper, that title has nothing t do with the setting it almost just tells what happens in the story and not about where it takes place. Ted and Sammy are very similar because they both made bad decisions, but Ted is rich, he can support himself but Sammy needs to work just to support his family’s needs. The manager of The A&P and Uncle Harry are very similar too because there both just trying to support and do what’s best for Jamie & Sammy. Quennie relates a lot to Carmody because they both think there better than everyone else and there big snobs. The settings of both stories are very different; in My brother’s keeper they have 3 settings (Carmody's Office, Court & Uncle Harry's house). In the A&P only takes place in the A&P. The time zone however is about the same i think they both take place around the 1960-1965's. The story in general is almost the same because Sammy, Ted & Jamie all do something that they'll regret.
-Ted ran over someone. -Jamie agreed to lie even if it goes against his own values. - Sammy quit his job for some stupid girls. In the end though Sammy doesn't do the right thing leaves his job, hurting his family when they needed the money, whereas Jamie tells the truth so ted can face the consequences himself for once.
'There is a limit to how far one should go to help others'.
Both stories have a limit.
In My brother’s keeper Jamie did end up setting the limit by telling the truth. It was going against his own values. In the A&P Sammy did not set a limit. In the end he jeopardized his family’s needs over some stupid girls.