The two stories’ I picked to compare are “Soldier’s home” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” I chose to compare them on theme, symbolism, and characters. The two stories have a lot in common even though they are written in different times. The theme that they both share is freedom due to the parents of both of the stories are really demanding the main characters due to the fact they are the first born of each family. In Soldier’s home Krebs wants to live without consequences and just live his life how he wants to do it if that means not going to work and chasing woman then he will do that. His mom asks him when you are going to get a job because men his age are settling down that are coming from the war. In the other story the Rappaccini’s daughter