At first glance, one would think the themes of these stories are different, this can’t be farther from the truth. The theme for Betty Ann is be careful of your actions. This is not shown by the narrator as a child. She joins right in to torment poor Betty Ann. As an adult however, she regrets every time she made fun of her. Ina feels nothing but shame when she thinks of Betty Ann because she didn’t know what she was doing

There are many similarities and differences between these two short stories. The characters and settings of these stories share almost nothing in common. The conflict and dénouement, however, share many similarities. The most important similarity between these two stories is the most important element in literature, the theme. Usually everything else is just part of the author’s opinion or preference. In this case, both Hughs and Graves agree that you should be careful of what you do because life doesn’t come with erasers.

at the time. Also, she didn’t want to stick up for Betty at the cost of her friendship with the group, so she didn’t try to stop it or ease the pain of the poor girl. The theme of Tattoo isn’t much different. It is look before you leap. This is not shown by Banty until after the harm is done. Charley pressures Banty into getting a tattoo. Banty does because he doesn’t want to be looked down upon by the rest of the ship so he doesn’t fight it. As soon as the tattoo is finished, he wished he never went into the tattoo parlor. His best friend, shocked that he go

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