Goals: Name: Penelope March 17, 2023, Comparative Essay The stories “Your Move” by Eve Bunting and “House Arrest” by K.A. Holt might seem very different. “Your Move” is a short story and “House Arrest” is a chapter book, but if you look past this, you see that they’re pretty similar because they share a common theme. Doing the wrong thing never pays off. In “Your Move,” 10-year-old James does the wrong thing by leaving the house even though his mom told him not to. He is pressured by his peers to do the wrong thing. In “House Arrest,” 12-year-old Timothy does the wrong thing by stealing someone's credit card. Timothy’s baby brother being sick pressures him into stealing. They both have to live up to the consequences of their actions. …show more content…
In the beginning, James didn’t listen to his mother and left the house when she went to work that night. This isn’t the only wrong thing he did. Near the middle of the story, James climbs a pole and writes on a sign. Kris, one of the people who want him to do this, tells him that it’s illegal. James starts to realize that this wasn’t the right choice after a different club comes, a bunch of high schoolers. The difference is that this club has a gun. James and his brother Isaac run for it. This is James's consequence, putting himself and his brother in danger. James made the wrong decision and received the