Southpaw and Concha are two famous short stories for children. While they have multiple similarities, their differences are also noticeable. Southpaw is about two squabbling “friends”. Richard, the captain of the baseball team, does not allow her friend, Janet to play on the because she is a girl and he believes that they are not fit for sports. Because of his blunder, Richard’s team lost eight times in a row and was laughed at by Janet. Concha is mainly about a girl named Concha who is usually shy at school, but is brave when it comes to playing with insects, such as ants. However, one of the mean boys at school, Mundo, says nasty things about her and believes that she is just showing off.
Southpaw and Concha are similar in that they both involve a mean kid and unhappy children. In Southpaw, Richard is against girls and does not allow them to play on the team when he is captain. Even though Janet explicitly stated that she was good at pitching, Richard believed that his boys could do much better. Richard still did not budge after losing eight times in a row. Additionally, even though he offered Janet a position in his team, he did not let her pitch. In Concha, while everybody else was supportive towards Concha, Mundo insulted her and called her a show-off. This caused an argument between the kids. It’s clear that the two stories have some striking similarities.
Southpaw and Concha differ when it comes to genre, the number of characters involved and the main cause of the argument. Southpaw does not have any narration and is made up of a series of letters. Additionally, it focuses only on two people, Richard and Janet. Finally, Richard started the argument by stating that he will never allow a girl to play on the team, indicating that he was prejudiced towards girls. Meanwhile, in Concha, the story takes place in the first person point of view. It involves many children taking up sides in a conflict and its argument is caused because of bullying. Although Southpaw and Concha have many similarities, they also have major differences.
Comparing and contrasting are two powerful tools when it comes to analyzing two or more texts. Comparing means to find the similarities and to contrast is to find the differences.There are multiple strategies for keeping track of information. One is the Venn Diagram, where each circle represents one book or topic, and the overlapping parts of the circles represent similarities. Another graph is the T-chart. It has three columns, and each of the two subjects take up one column. The other is for writing down the similarities. The last graphic organizer is the bubble map, where each subject is one bubble and has multiple characteristics attached to it. Details that are the same in both texts are tied to both bubbles. Graphic organizers such as these can help us organize information.
Southpaw and Concha are two short stories that are about kids who have disagreements with each other. In Southpaw, the captain of the baseball team, Richard, refuses to allow Janet to play because she is a girl. In Concha, a boy is bullying a girl because he thinks that she is just showing off. Both stories are similar because they involve squabbling children. Their differences include the number of characters involved and the cause of the argument. In Southpaw, it’s just two people and the conflict is caused by gender discrimination. In Concha, the plot involves many children and they are arguing because of a bully. Southpaw and Concha are two interesting texts that are worth analyzing.
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