Short Stories Comparative Essay

Storytelling in “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” and Smoke There are many different types of stories being read or told in the world; some can be enjoyable, boring and even unrealistic. For example, in the film, Smoke, directed by Wayne Wong, and the short story, “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story,” directed by Paul Auster, Paul a character in both the film and short story begin sharing a story about a wager between Sir Walter and Queen Elizabeth I. The wager, between both, was about “the weight of smoke” and how it can be calculated (Wayne). According to Rob Parkinson, in the book “Transforming Tales: How Stories can Change People,” “One that he has imagined in detail, creating a fantasy based on a certain amount of shrewd observation,”

In the article, “When and How-Long: A Unified Approach for Time Perceptions,” Michail Maniadakis and Trahanias Panos state “Our sense of time exhibits unique characteristics that distinguishes it from the typical group of human since (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste” (1). Therefore. Without seeing, hearing, touching, or smelling, people will not be able to interpret stories; where did it take place, who was in the image, and what was the purpose. For example, Auggie, in the short story has been taking pictures of time, Natural time and human time” (Auster 579). Natural time represents, in the photographs, the different days occurring in twelve years, for example, observation tells time by the season; was it sunny, raining, snowing or windy. Also, human time represents, the people that appeared daily throughout the years, and the expression of their body language, facial expression and their clothing. It was a project, of four thousand pictures, he was working on and has been taken for many years to prepare, “not times past, but the passage of time: not spend moments but lived durations” (Clark, Doel 590). With years of photographing, in the same corner and at the same time it wasn’t expected to have the same images, but to see the same people

Although, Thomas does have a family member that shows concern for his well-being, “I am his aunt,” he is determined to find his father and make him aware of his existence (Wayne). “It was found that one's family of origin and lack of social support network may significantly contribute to loneliness and alienation” (Rokach, Schick 7) because Cyrus doesn’t know the existence of Thomas, his son, Thomas is determined to be part of his father’s life and tell him about his true identity Unlike the elder women from the short story, Ethel, he does not deprive himself from “social contact” because of his; age, sight privilege, motive and desire to surround himself with the people he comes in contact with (Komari 323). Sarah Bevinn mentions in the eBook, “Phycology of Loneliness,” “It is a subjective experience, which is influenced by one‘s personality, life experience and other situational variables (69). Although Thomas is able to communicate with adults in the film he doesn’t appear to be approachable to males of his age, in addition, “It was suggested that up to a whopping two thirds of children experience loneliness in school” (Rokach, Schick 8) Thomas is more likely