A Comparison Of Toughets And A Pair Of Tickets - 1139 Words

Two sets of families filled with emotions, hopes, and promises to embark on separate journeys. Anticipating the feelings and emotions of meeting up with their loves ones. Different situations cause for different reactions, with similar causes. The short story â€Å"A Pair of Tickets† written by Amy Tan and the story â€Å"Everyday Use† written by Alice Walker both gives insight on the true gut wrenching feelings behind the importance of family and how a mother’s opinion can affect the actions and mindset of her children. Each story has a common foundation, but splits into separate routes. Noting these similarities and differences can truly help us understand how a family’s past can affect each piece of the future. Starting with the setting in each†¦show more content†¦Mama begins with the words â€Å"I will wait for her in the yard that Maggie and I made so clean and wavy yesterday afternoon. A yard like this is more comfortable than most people know.† (Walker 268) Mama feels confident on the feeling of being in a large area waiting on the arrival of her daughter, but you can still hear the nervousness and anxiousness she has when she later starts to compare herself and Maggie to Dee while awaiting her arrival. These stories show us that no matter the space or the setting awaiting the arrival of a close family member will almost always generate the same feelings. When it comes to symbolism, the interesting finding in both short stories is that both stories mention use of a polaroid picture. Although it is included in both stories as a keepsake element they both have very different character reactions. In the short story â€Å"Everyday Use† as the daughter Dee’s arrives to the from yard she takes polaroid pictures of mama and Dee before greeting them. It seemed rushed in Dee’s approach and almost unnoticed by Dee and mama. In retrospect, in the story â€Å"A Pair of Two Tickets† Jin’Mei’s mother stuck a polaroid picture with writing on the back of her address and a message of endearment in her twin daughter’s pocket frantically, in hopes that someone would find them and look at the polaroid to trace them back to her. It carried so much strength throughout the story which led