In both stories, “Typhoid Fever” by Frank McCourt and “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Raun, they share similar characteristics. They both parallel in tones, subjects, and themes. They are told in view of a child, both facing something scary and new. In “Typhoid Fever” by Frank McCourt, the story takes place in a typhoid hospital. Frank is a little boy diagnosed with diphtheria and something else that no one can quite figure out. Although Frank is just a child, his tone throughout the story is made so it shows that he recognizes the seriousness,” Mam visits me on Thursdays. I’d like to see my father, too, but I’m out of danger, crisis, time is over, and I’m allowed only one visitor.” (pg.344) He’s in uncomfortable situations with