Similarities Between Books

Similarities Between Books

By: Elias Dorsey

Authors note: This writing piece is about  the comparison between the two books Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Moon of Two Dark Horses.

 The two books Moon of Two Dark Horses and Lightning Thief are extremely alike despite being written by two different authors. The similarities between lightning thief and Moon of Two Dark horses are extremely high in quantity. They both are stories of stopping an otherwise devastating war. My main topic is how the two books are similar, and also how they differ. I’ve done a immense amount of research and I think I’m ready to try and make valid points and arguments.

First, both the main characters from both books have best friends at their side the whole time. One of my friends has read both books and agrees with me. The theme of survival is almost the same Percy and Coshmoo are both trying to find something otherwise vital to themselves and others. There are also some other things that are alike. They both take place in real time periods such as the current time or in 1647. They also both take place in real locations.Such as Virginia and New York City.

Furthermore, the two books are similar through a variety of aspects, not only being supporting characters, or how they both had real things about them, but things that would be thinking out of the box. Take their ages for example. Both of the protagonists of these books are in their teens. Percy is about two years older than Coshmoo though. Also in both books, the main characters best friends are a guy, and a girl. In the Percy Jackson series, it would be Annabeth and Grover. In Moon of two Dark Horses, it would be White Fawn and Daniel. This may not be thinking outside the box for you, but it is for me.

Despite the fact that they both have a vast spectrum of similarities they also have differences. Such as the fact that in the Lightning Thief, Percy has try to find a stolen artifact, belonging to Zeus, to try and stop a war between gods. Coshmoo wants to try to find a buried artifact that will prevent a war from happening between General Washington and his men, and the British king. Not much of a difference, but still pretty significant enough to effect both stories a decent amount.

In both cases there are differences and similarities, but that's what makes reading so great. Being able to explore different worlds and just escape for awhile. Not all books are the same, and that's why I love these two books. Its because they're different and creative. Sure they might have dull parts and they're two completely different genre's of books, but sometimes we need to not complain about parts that are boring, but appreciate that the authors put their time into creating a world we can immerse ourselves in.

Point of View

Point of View

By: Elias Dorsey

Moon of Two Dark Horses

Authors note: This piece is about how the book would be different if it were told by a different characters point of view. I provide examples for my argument that the book would be less entertaining if it had been told from someone else’s perspective. Enjoy.

In the book the moon of two dark horses, you follow a young Native American boy searches for mythical bones that can help stop the soon to be revolutionary war. This book is told primarily from the main character’s point of view. Sometimes you have to look at situation through a different character’s point of view. Take Coshmoo’s best friend Daniel for example. In one scene in the book, the author introduces Daniel’s uncle. The blacksmith. Daniel’s uncle apparently doesn’t take too kindly to Native American people walking into his house or on his property. In this scene Coshmoo is invited by Daniel into his house. This is told from Coshmoo’s view. When it is described, it seems to irk Daniel even more than it does to Coshmoo. I think this is because Coshmoo can block out things he doesn’t want to hear from his mind or because he has gotten used to his uncle insulting him. Daniel seemed to take this extremely personally. Either way it seems as though from Daniel’s point of view it seemed like a even worse situation.

In Daniel’s point of view, it seemed as though it wasn’t the first time his uncle insulted the Native Americans. Daniel got even more frustrated when his uncle called Coshmoo “A dirty half breed,” Referring to Coshmoo’s European and Native American decent. In response Daniel’ called him a “frog face” in Native American, before he and Coshmoo entered his house. I’ve had my best friend insulted in front of me before, and I stick up for him when someone does insult him. So I see where Daniel was getting his anger from. I think what he felt was that he was, to a certain extent, defenseless against his uncle. That he was maybe not taken seriously enough. I know I’ve been through the same thing.

Either way, I think the book would be much different told from Daniel’s point of view considering he doesn’t debate as much as Coshmoo does. So there would be less conflict and resolution. He also doesn’t participate in anything exciting like Coshmoo. It looks as though if it this book had been written from Daniel’s perspective, I would’ve lost interest a long time ago. So I think the book is best written, the way it is.