Literature Work : Compare Two Characters
Out of so many novels, I have decided to choose this novel, Step by Wicked Step written by Anne Fine. The characters that I'll be comparing will be Richard and Colin. We'll be looking at what similarities can these 2 young boy could bear.
The first similarity would be their love for their dad. As we all know, we all love our dad and there is no different for these 2 boys too. They both missed their fathers, what could have happened to their fathers? In Richard's side of the story, his father died from a fever. Richard was given a big responsibility of taking care of his sister and his mother after the loss of his father. In Colin's side of the story, he and his mother had moved away with his father's knowledge. Probably because they broke up and divorce, Colin couldn't stand losing his father, he knew he was still out there somewhere. But unfortunately for Richard, he lost his father permanently, poor young boy lost his father when he was still a child, he could never see his father ever again. But for Colin, he was still searching for his stepfather because they used to be very good pals together. Rumors said that he is still searching for him up until today. In conclusion, they both missed their fathers very much but couldn't do anything about it.
Secondly, their next similarity would be getting ignored by their mothers. What would possibly be worst after than losing their beloved father? Which is exactly getting ignored by their one and only loved ones left, their mothers. Both Richard and Colin did not get much attention from their mothers. In Richard's story, his mother was too busy getting entertained by Reverend Coldstone, the evil wicked step dad that was aiming for Richard's family's fortune all this time. Richard couldn't even get his mother's support when he was getting bullied by Reverend Coldstone. What more would be worst than that? In Colin's story, his mother was busy raising Colin all alone but she did not realize that how much he missed his dad. She was always busy working at the canteen just to raise Colin single- handedly and also with the household chores which would be a great help if Colin would actually help doing it. In the end, the two boys did not feel their mother's loved.
Moving on, their third similarity would definitely be their most important decision, running away just to make things work, at least that's what they think. They both ran away thinking it would solve their problems but in the end all they both did was cause more trouble. Richard ran away from home because he was constantly being bullied in his boarding school and also he thinks that his family would do way better if he wasn't around. Colin ran way thinking that him alone can find his step father back because his mother couldn't care less about it. After running away for a long time, Richard finally realized that running away couldn't solve his problems. When he went back, it was all too late, weep all you can as what had happened has already happened. Colin on the other side did three paper rounds to save money to search for his stepfather, Colin did the search the hard way but he could have just married a rich lady like how Richard's sister, Charlotte did. But in the end, both ended up achieving merely nothing but bad news.
In conclusion, these two characters suffered not only sorrow but much pain. Mainly because no one cares about them or even how they felt, not even their loved ones. Not to mentioned no one is there to advise them about their decisions. The moral of the story is, running away does not solve any problems, in fact it can backfire and affect the people around you.
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