What Is The Difference Between Checkouts And The Girl Who Can

In the short stories Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant and The Girl Who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo, they have many differences and similarities. The stories are both based on two young girls who come from different backgrounds, places, and more. Checkouts are about a girl who moves to a new town and sees a boy she likes. Also, The Girl Who Can is from Africa and is showing her love for running and that her legs are okay just the way they are. They have many differences and similarities, some of which are their cultural differences, and the different perspectives that the tales are written in; but a similarity is that they both are having trouble “fitting in.”
To begin, one of the main differences between the two stories is that they both have different

Adjoa’s looks do not meet her family's cultural standards because she has thin long legs that are better for running than having a child. Also, the girl from checkouts is moving to a new town which means she has to go through the trouble of making new friends. “You’ll be lonely at first, they admitted, but you’re so nice you’ll make friends fast.” Moving is hard, especially because of how judgemental people are and how each place has a different “style.” Both girls are struggling with social award issues but people blow them off and don’t really care about that sort of problem.Moreover, they are both written from two different perspectives. In Checkouts the story is written in the 3rd person point of view about her struggling to adjust to her new home and town. The story is about her meeting a boy and both of them like each other. While, in The Girl Who Can, was written in the first-person point of view. Adjoa’s story is about having to prove to her Nana that her legs really aren’t that weak and getting approval for her cultural aspects. “Women must have solid hips to be able to have children.” believes her Nana. Neither of these stories relates to the problems that they are facing but in many other