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This 4 page paper compare and contrasts two short stories, “He” by Katherine Anne Porter and “The Loons” by Margaret Laurence. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and setting have to be fully developed very quickly; despite the challenges, this particular format can be very rewarding. This paper compares and contrasts two short stories, "He" by Katherine
Anne Porter and "The Loons" by Margaret Laurence. It argues that the are both stories about "the Other," and our reaction to those people who are different. Discussion "He" has
inspired a great deal of controversy, with most critics saying that its an exploration of child abuse, but some arguing that such an interpretation is too literal. The secondary sources
include faculty members of Virginia Wesleyan University and artist-writer D.K. Pritchett, who appears in a number of Whos Who publications. The critique of "The Loons" is by one Megan Thomas;
it is interesting because of her work with the imagery of the story. As to the stories themselves, they are related because they both deal with the concept that we
know today as the "Other." That is, the person who stands outside our reality, perhaps observing it but never really taking part in it. The Other is a staple in
many stories, and a useful scapegoat in politics as well. If we can demonize people we dont understand by making them seems so different we have no possible common ground,
we can also justify destroying them. This is why we never consider enemy combatants as human beings; they are "Wops" or "Krauts" or "Japs"; or "the VC" or "slopes"; or,
as we come forward in time through our various wars, "turbanheads." They are anything but people and so we dont have to treat them as people. In both stories, the
main characters are Others. "He" is never even given a name, so he is reduced to even less than human status. Its interesting to note that "He" and "Him" are
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