Today, I read the short story “Waiting for Dan” and the letter “A Letter Home”. The short story “Waiting for Dan” talks about a mother waiting for her husband for days. Every since the day he decided to stand up and make a change in the world, he has been in prison. Prison for getting up and doing what’s right. While, “A Letter Home” is about a college student writing a letter to her parents about what has happened. A school shooting at her college because of a protest. Though they are different stories, they do have things in common. Two things that are different is the time periods and what is happening to each character. Two things that are similar are that they both involve family and concern.
The two things the short story and letter have in common is they both involve family and concern.
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Each evening I return from work and check in with my two teenage sons. I prepare something for dinner, and then we wait for Dan to join us”. As you can see, the author said the words “husband” and “sons”, which are apart of a family. In the text, in paragraph 9 the narrator says “Now it’s fall, and our two sons Eric and Peter, should be playing football, but they are not. They now see the seriousness of Dan’s position. They quit football and never ask to go to the bowling alley. Like two worried old men, they discuss politics and write letters to The White House. All this because my husband is now sitting in a prison in Mississippi”. For one, the narrator used the words “worried” and “seriousness”, the obvious conclusion is that they are concern. In the short story, “A Letter Home” the author starts the letter off with “Dear Mom and Dad...”. Unquestionably, this author is writing a letter to her parents. Moreover, in the first paragraph Kara says “I hope you’ll forgive me for