Short Stories Comparision - When the Wasps Drowned,...

Intentionally the authors of all three stories have decided to drag the theme into the main characters taking the step from childhood to adolescence. When the Wasps Drowned by Clare Wigfall uses the wasps as a tool to show how their childhood changes and how they grow up, very similar to how Mrs Rutters tale in the story of The Darkness Out There by Penelope Lively changed Kerry and Sandra as individuals. Examination Day, though having a way different plot also has a theme of main characters changing but in this story the character that changes are the parents. The theme of the main characters to take the step from childhood to adolescence because of their surroundings is set up clearly in the introductions of all the stories where they†¦show more content†¦Also Therese does not want to grow up while in the other hand her older sister the narrator Evelyn wants to grow up so badly and take that big step from being a child to adult. This is very clear in Paragraph 8 where Eve lyn says: â€Å"We’d walk down to the park and I’d sit by the swings and watch the boys.† She is becoming sexually aware by saying she would want to watch the boys and by this she realises boys are something of interest. Also she turns an old vest into a bikini: â€Å"I’d fashioned a bikini from a pair of pink knickers and an old vest which I’d cropped just below my nipples. â€Å" On the other hand in the story of the Darkness Out There Kerry and Sandra the two main young characters of the story are described quite standard to the reader and the first description of Kerry was quite negative saying: â€Å"Blacked licked-down hair and slitty eyes† The description is clearly negative and makes Kerry sounds very gothic, lonely and not social at all by saying she has black licked-down hair and slitting eyes. Sandra is meanwhile described very nicely in the first sentence of the story: â€Å"She walked through flowers, the girl, ox-eye daises and vetch and cow parsley, keeping to the track at the edge of the field.† Undoubtedly this is clearly written by Lively, the author to create confusion to the reader. Although Sandra is described as young and innocent in the introduction further on in the story LivelyShow MoreRelatedShort Stories Comparision - When the Wasps Drowned, Examination Day the Darkness Out There1681 Words   |  7 Pagesall three stor ies have decided to drag the theme into the main characters taking the step from childhood to adolescence. When the Wasps Drowned by Clare Wigfall uses the wasps as a tool to show how their childhood changes and how they grow up, very similar to how Mrs Rutters tale in the story of The Darkness Out There by Penelope Lively changed Kerry and Sandra as individuals. Examination Day, though having a way different plot also has a theme of main characters changing but in this story the character