A Day's Wait Similarities

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“Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless” Edward Albert. Stories are told in many different ways, and in those stories there are different characters. The books A Day’s Wait, and A Stolen Day have those characters. The author of A Day’s Wait, is Ernest Hemingway, and the author of A Stolen Day is, Sherwood Anderson. Each characters have their own personality. They are both different and similar in different ways. The boy in A Day’s Wait is Schatz, and the boy in A Day’s Wait does not say his name. There are several differences, and similarities of both characters. For both of the boys there are differences. Some of those differences are in their personality. For example, Schatz’s
One of the similarities in the book, is they think they can both die at any time. For instance, the boy in A Day’s Wait thinks he can drop down to the floor at any time. He thinks that at any time his heart can stop. “ I thought, I'll bet I die of it. I bet I do” (Anderson 307). That shows that he thought that he could die from it. “I sat down and opened the Pirate book and commenced to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped. About what time do you think I'm going to die? he asked” (Hemingway 302). Another similarity about the characters is that someone in their family, both cares about them. Like the story, A Day’s Wait, Schatz’s dad cares about him, and in A Stolen Day, his mom cares about him, he just doesn’t think that. “He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move. What's the matter, Schatz?”(Hemingway 299). That shows that the father in A Day’s Wait cares about his son. “He must have said something to Mother for presently she came. What's the matter with you? Why aren't you in school?" she asked(Anderson 306). That also shows that the boy’s mother cares about