Similarities and Differencs

Authors Note: I am writing a compare and contrast paper about two different characters from two different books.

Hope is the main character of the story, We are the Patriots, and Anne is the main character of the story, The Diary of Anne Frank. Both of these characters are similar and different in many ways. In both of these books the main characters are the narrators. They explain what happens from their point of view.

When comparing the two novels, Anne and Hope both desired to be free. Where they lived and what time period they lived in took place when major wars in history were going on. Anne lived during the Holocaust and the Nazi’s were the German soldiers that worked for Hitler. Hitler disliked the Jewish citizens that lived in Poland. Hope lived during the Revolutionary War, which was lead by George Washington and they were fighting against the British. During both of these books, the main characters wanted to be free. In these situations, a lot of humans wanted to be free, but were not able to be. Unfortunately, in The Diary of Anne Frank, thousands of people died, including Anne. In the olden days, when women didn’t have rights, many of them had no choice on what they could do. There wasn’t really any way Hope and Anne could be “free”.

Another similarity between Anne and Hope in each novel, is that they both felt that they should not complain about anything in their lives. Both characters were in terrible situations, yet tried to be positive. Anne was in hiding and trying to stay away from the Nazi’s, while Hope was praying that her father would not die fighting in the war. Anne felt like she didn’t have it too terrible since some of her friends and families were being sent away to special camps that would eventually kill them. Hope also felt that she should not complain because there were people that were fighting for the lives of the people in their town. She was lucky that she was a girl and did not have to risk being killed by British soldiers. Their lives were difficult and they felt they shouldn’t complain because things could have been worse and were worse for many others.

An example of a difference between Anne and Hope was that Anne suffered so much more then Hope did. Later in Anne’s life she was taken away to a concentration camp and ended up dying because she suffered from the disease called typhus. There were many sicknesses that were being passed around, from person to person at the camp. Anne and many others were not given medicines and were starving from lack of nourishment. It was a camp that would eventually kill you and there were not many survivors. Hope on the other hand was able to live at home and take care of her family. Her only fears were getting sick and having her father pass away.

Additionally, a difference between Hope and Anne was that Hope could have died from disease like Anne but she did not because of the care she received from family. She did not suffer as Anne did while living in the concentration camp. Typhus was the disease that was going around Hope’s village as well as the concentrations camp but many more died in the camps than the villages because of the poor treatment the people received in the camps.

Lastly, Hope didn’t suffer the hand of human cruelty as did Anne at the concentration camp. People that lived where Anne did had to face the “death chamber”, a room that exposed deadly gases to people within the room.
In conclusion, there are many similarities and differences between these two character and historical books. Even though these characters lived in two different time periods, they shared many similarities and differences.

Main Conflicts

Authors Note: I wrote about one of the main conflicts of the book We are the Patriots
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In the story We are the Patriots, is taking place during the Revolutionary War. It is a diary of a little girl named Hope, who writes in her point of view of the war. When she finds out her best friend, Polly, is now loyal to the king, things start to change.

One of the main conflicts in the novel was that Polly, Hope’s friend is now loyal to the king. Even though their family’s disliked each other, they still were close friends. When they wanted to see each other, they would have to sneak it. If their parents would happen to find out, they would be in lots of trouble. Eventually, when they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, they start write each other letters. The letters worked for a while because then they could write down what was happening, but they had to make sure no one found the letters they wrote to each other. There secret was safe for as long as the book lasted.

By the end of the story, they were still friends even though they had to face many obstacles. Some major obstacles were, the war, their parents, and at school they were not allowed to speak to each other. Even though it was tough they still got through it.

Hope’s Point of View of the Revolutionary War

Authors Note: I am writing about the point of view of different characters in the book.

The story, We are the Patriots, is written in the point of view of Hope. Reading in Hope’s perspective creates sadness in the reader when learning the details about the Revolutionary War and Hope’s family. Hope talks a lot about how her dad is in the war and how her brother went missing for many, many months. Just imagine if that happened to you when you were ten years old.

One way that Hope's point of view influences the reader’s interpretation is how this perspective describes her father leaving and coming back and then leaving again. Her name is Hope and it’s symbolic to how she feels throughout the story, and how she feels about her life. She hopes for many things at the beginning of the story, like her father coming home. A quote she said in the book that symbolizes her hope is…”I must be an example and not complain. I pray God will help me be more patient, kind, and faithful.” says Hope. She talks about her hope for being patient and hope for seeing her father and brother come home. Hope wants to be a good role model for people and she wants God to help her with it, so she prays for her hope.

However, the reader would feel a great deal differently if the novel was written in the point of view of Polly, Hope’s best friend. It would be very different because Polly’s family is now loyal to the king. Hope and Polly are forbidden to talk to each other. For instance, the reader wouldn’t think the way Hope did and would want to support the king and what Polly’s family thinks about him. While the readers are reading what Hope had to say about the war, they would want to defeat the king. If Polly wrote in a journal, the reader would be on her side about the Revolutionary War.

As you can see, the point of view of a story forces the reader to see just one side of the topic of the book. In We are the Patriots, the narrator’s perspective makes the reader support Hope and her families view of the Revolutionary War. Her family had to sacrifice a lot to be able to live without her father living in their house for a while, due to fighting in the war.