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This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the novels “The Fortunate Pilgrim” by Mario Puzo and Paule Marshall’s book “Brown Girl, Brownstones.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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in New York. This paper compares and contrasts Puzos book with Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall. Discussion The first thing than any reader of these books would notice is
that the opening passages are very much the same. They both describe the streets of New York, but they do so in terms that make the city seem magical. Puzo
opens his book by describing Larry Angeluzzis job: hes a "scout" for the New York Central Railroad, and in 1928, when the novel opens, the railroad tracks are laid into
the streets (Puzo, 1998). It is the job of scouts like Larry to ride their horses down the streets in front of the freight trains, waving red lanterns to warn
people that the train is coming (Puzo, 1998). Puzos description makes it sound like Larry is riding into some sort of battle: "Larry Angeluzzi spurred his jet-black horse proudly through
a canyon formed by two great walls of tenements ... He swung his red lantern in a great arc; sparks flew from the iron hoofs of his horse as they
rang on railroad tracks" (Puzo, 1998, p. 5). The train comes "inching" along behind Larry, belching smoke and steam, and the urchins who play in the street amuse themselves with
a dangerous pastime: jumping onto the freight as it rumbles down the street (Puzo, 1998). In a few paragraphs, Puzo creates an entire world and time, and so vividly that
the opening image stays with readers for a long time. Marshalls opening is just as eloquent, and also evokes another time and place. The mood, however, is different: "In the
somnolent July afternoon the unbroken line of brownstone houses down the long Brooklyn street resembled an army massed at attention. They were all uniform red-brown stone ... they gave the
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