Similarities Between 'Old Ben And Fox Hunt'
Literature Essay
These stories have many similarities and differences between each other. The two stories are “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt”. “Old Ben” is a nonfiction story. It had been a story about a boy who was walking and came along a blacksnake and had befriended him by taking him home and keeping him in the grain bin. At first his father was not in favor of keeping Old Ben, the snake, but after he had realized how much better the snake had been killing the mice than their many other cats he felt it was alright to keep him. Then for many months Blackie disappeared and no one knew wear to find him at so they had just waited, and after many seasons coming and going he had returned in early April and he looked like a long, straggly, flabby, and weak snake. After making a mistake of hiding in the horse’s feed bucket, he had almost been trampled to death but had understood to not go in there anymore but he had made one last fatal mistake. Going into the hog pen. That was where they had seen the last trace of Old Ben, his long skinny track in the smooth sand, leading right up …show more content…
Some in Old Ben include: The narrator and his parents fear that Old Ben might be found and attacked by the dog. Old Ben disappears in September and is gone all winter. He had gotten into Fred’s feed box and almost got trampled by, but didn’t. And seeing the smooth long tracks made by Old Ben that ended when reached the hog pen. There were no flashbacks in this story. Some included in Fox Hunt are: The German Shepard barking at Andy and Lee. Andy studies very hard and takes his education very seriously. Lee’s description as having hair with a reddish tint and big almond- shaped eyes that slanted inwards at the corners. Andy’s mother explaining the story about his ancestors and the fox who helped tutor him and in return married the man she coached. The flashback in Fox Hunt was, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
These stories have many similarities and differences between each other. The two stories are “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt”. “Old Ben” is a nonfiction story. It had been a story about a boy who was walking and came along a blacksnake and had befriended him by taking him home and keeping him in the grain bin. At first his father was not in favor of keeping Old Ben, the snake, but after he had realized how much better the snake had been killing the mice than their many other cats he felt it was alright to keep him. Then for many months Blackie disappeared and no one knew wear to find him at so they had just waited, and after many seasons coming and going he had returned in early April and he looked like a long, straggly, flabby, and weak snake. After making a mistake of hiding in the horse’s feed bucket, he had almost been trampled to death but had understood to not go in there anymore but he had made one last fatal mistake. Going into the hog pen. That was where they had seen the last trace of Old Ben, his long skinny track in the smooth sand, leading right up …show more content…
Some in Old Ben include: The narrator and his parents fear that Old Ben might be found and attacked by the dog. Old Ben disappears in September and is gone all winter. He had gotten into Fred’s feed box and almost got trampled by, but didn’t. And seeing the smooth long tracks made by Old Ben that ended when reached the hog pen. There were no flashbacks in this story. Some included in Fox Hunt are: The German Shepard barking at Andy and Lee. Andy studies very hard and takes his education very seriously. Lee’s description as having hair with a reddish tint and big almond- shaped eyes that slanted inwards at the corners. Andy’s mother explaining the story about his ancestors and the fox who helped tutor him and in return married the man she coached. The flashback in Fox Hunt was, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .