'Vonnegut and Faulkner - Compare and Contrast'

'In the stories, The Lie, by Kurt Vonnegut and Barn Burning, by William Faulkner, the principal(prenominal) characters mount from childhood into adulthood. This adulthood either develops from adjudge of ones family and upbringing or it grows internally from ones conscience. We ingest from both stories that the main characters use this due date to courageously posit up. In the narrative, The Lie, Eli develops into adulthood. payable to his parents lack of understanding of his individuality in the scratch line of the story, Eli has to span his own feelings. When Eli receives the letter that he was spurned from the esteemed richly school, Whitehill, he in secret tears it up since he is spooky of his parents disappointment. Elis mother, Sylvia, helps him transition into maturity as she begins to key her sons individuality.\nAt the beginning of the story, Sylvia thinks of her son as just other Ramenzal that willing be att eradicateing Whitehill and redden give s him number thirty one (Vonnegut, 2) in the honored total of the Ramenzals who deliver attend the institution. Sylvia fails to bring that Eli has peculiar qualities that are distinguishable from the rest of the Remenzels until the end of the story. When the Remenzels discover from the overlord that Eli has not been accepted to the school and realize that Eli has ran away because of the lubber situation he got himself into, Sylvia finally recognizes that Whitehill is not the best family for him. This allows Eli to open up and express his feelings comfortably. We draw this when Eli expresses his feelings of anger at his father for assay to get him into Whitehill, for he realizes he will not obey there. He says, You shouldnt have done that (Vonnegut, 12). At the point that he is recognized as an individual, he is lastly able to mature through his raw ability to express himself without being intimidated.\nSarty from the story Barn Burning, overly develops and matur es into adulthood. Throughout th... '