Casey At The Bat Compare And Contrast

In the poem “Casey at the Bat” and the story “David and Goliath,” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. The first identical trait is that David and Casey have huge problems. “Casey at the Bat” says,”The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,” and in “David and Goliath” the story says “Saul and his men heard what Goliath said, but they were so frightened that they couldn’t do a thing.” Both stories explained that both of the characters the characters had big problems, Casey’s was that his team was losing, and David’s was that there was a enormous giant that the army had to fight. The second similarity is that they were both being relied on. “David and Goliath” says that “Choose your best
Choose someone to fight me,” in the poem “Casey at the Bat” the poem goes, that Casey is the best player and if he can get a run his team will win the game. From the story “David and Goliath” David had the task of defeating Goliath if he did not his people would become slaves, and in “Casey at the Bat” Casey was put under the pressure of thousands to get a hit so their team could win the ballgame. Last but not least David and Casey were both confident. The “Casey at the Bat” the poet said “There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile on Casey’s face,” and in “David and Goliath” David approached Goliath with confidence in him. This proves my point because it shows the emotions showed by both characters.These two tales also have many contrasts. The first difference is that Casey failed and David was successful. In the poem “Casey at the Bat” in the last line it says “But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck out,” in the story “David and Goliath it said “David defeated Goliath with a sling and a rock. He killed him without even using a sword.” An excerpt of “Casey at the Bat” can say that Casey failed by striking out, “In David and Goliath” David succeeded by killing