Comparing Wolf Man And The Empathy Exams

“Wolf Man” by Ashleigh Young and “The Empathy Exams” by Leslie Jamison share the similarities; they both are narrated through the past infiltrated in the present moment of narration which reflect the act of comparison and consolation. To talk about comparison, it means that the narrators in the story compare their lives to people’s lives, and the process of comparing is the tool to come up with the point of writing which the reader can grasp throughout the story. In the beginning of the story, the narrator in “Wolf Man” starts with the event when the narrator’s parents come to see her; her father talks about her ‘hair’ (moustache) right off the bat without anything to offend her, but he stirs her memory in the past of being bullied and (maybe) being judged by others

Hence, it shows the process of comparing moves along with the flux of idea. She sees other women who share the preoccupation of body hair with her which might be far worse than what she encounters, so she keeps changing the idea depending on what others think. As same as “The Empathy Exams”, When the narrator compares the specialty case of Stephanie Phillips, she switches the events between what happens in her job and then reflects to her idea and then into her past where she gets through some hard times. However, they do not share the same point; “The Empathy Exams” might want the reader to recognize what empathy is or what it should be and she wants the ideal “empathy” from people. At the end, she describes how she wants her partner to feel the pain she has or at least get close to that state of physical and mental