Author’s Note: This is a comparative essay. This writing piece shows that know how to compare and contrast two different stories. I am comparing the movie the Patriot and the book, Sarah Bishop. I explain the similarities and differences between the two. I support my ideas with events from the story. This piece will help me reach of my language arts goals which is having a clear thesis statement and transitions for all paragraphs.
Imagine that you are in a cave all alone, with nothing but a snow, white bat to keep you company. What about if you were fighting in the revolutionary war, knowing you could die any second of the day? How would you feel in these situations? Frightened or brave? The book, Sarah Bishop, has many similarities with the movie, The Patriot, though they do have many differences.
One of the big similarities between the two stories is that they are fighting for their lives. Sarah is trying to survive by killing wild animals and living in a cave with nothing but a blanket to keep her warm in the winter. On the other hand, Benjamin and his son, Gabriel, are fighting for their lives in the actual war. This causes many problems for both of them but fortunately Benjamin and Sarah live through it.
Even though fighting for their lives is a huge similarity, trying to survive with a broken family is also an enormous similarity between the two stories. In the beginning of the story, Sarah lost her brother and father in the war. So she made her decision that she had to run away from the war and hide until it was done. Sarah basically had to take care of herself when she was only fifteen years old! However, Benjamin lost his wife and had to take care of seven kids by himself. So when he went to go fight for the war, after his second oldest son was shot by a British soldier, all the younger children stayed with his wife’s sister. Gabriel, the oldest son, went with his father to fight for what he thought was right, but sadly died in the war. Benjamin then had to survive without his two older sons, but still kept fighting!
Although similarities between the two stories are valuable, the stories do show many differences. One of the main differences is that Sarah is running away from the war, and Benjamin is in the middle of it! British soldiers were chasing Sarah, proclaiming that she started a fire, and since of course, she didn’t, Sarah had to hide where nobody could find her. Sarah despised the war and didn’t understand why there even had to be a war, but after the war ended she finally understood. Alternatively, Benjamin was planning and setting up attacks where the patriots could kill as many British soldiers as they could. He took part in many battles and in the last main battle, Yorktown, the British finally surrendered. Benjamin was a big part of the patriots winning the war and that was because even when there was a bump in the road, he still kept going.
As you can see, the two amazing stories have many similarities but do have extreme differences. Sarah is running away and living in a cave by herself, and Benjamin is fighting and killing red coats for their independence. Both of these main characters survive many adventures, some bad, and some good but overall they are both ecstatic that they are finally free from Britain. How would you feel if you were controlled by a country that was almost 3,000 miles away from you? Would you want to be free and fight for what’s right or take the “safe side” and fight for the British? What would you do?
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