Literature - Comparing Two Characters.

Based on the novel, Step by Wicked Step, authored by Anne Fine, there are two characters that have distinct differences as well as similarities. I will compare those two characters, which are Richard and Colin.

  Firstly, I spotted a similarity in  Richard and Colin's love which is their love for their respective dads. They both yearned for their father's presence However, in Richard's case, he had lost his father forever as his father had already perished. Colin merely lost contact with his father after he moved away with his mother without leaving any clues for his father to search for them. While Richard had no way to get in touch with his father again, Colin was still searching for his stepfather. Colin saves up every single possible penny to assist his search for his stepfather. I keep practically every penny that comes my way. Colin is determined to search for his stepfather when he is old enough. As soon as I'm tall enough, I'm off.  Clearly, Richard and Colin are unable to let go of their love for their dads.

  Secondly, Richard and Colin were ignored by their mothers. They did not get enough tender loving care from their mothers. Richard felt that his mother, Lilith, ignored him when she married Mr. Coldstone despite his obvious dissatisfaction for Mr Coldstone. His mother turned a blind eye when Mr. Coldstone's treated him badly and brushed it off saying everything he does is for your own good. All his mother did was to lower her eyes. As for Colin, his mother was not aware of how much he missed his stepfather, Jack, because she is too occupied working at the canteen and doing household chores. I think Mum thinks that I've forgotten him. Undoubtfully, Richard and Colin did not recieve their mothers' love.

   Thirdly, Richard and Colin thought of running away to make ends meet. They could only think that as their one and only solution to their misery. Richard ran away from home in hope that he could reduce the burden for everyone. Without me, the three of them would get on well enough. Colin however, was planning to run away to find his stepfather. Both of them have their differences as Richard realized that running away does not solve any problems. This is rather obvious when he had to face the music after all the while. Colin, on the other hand, was still stucked in a deep dilemma on the idea to search for his stepfather. He even does three paper rounds in an effort to accumulate more money for the search.

   To conclude, these two characters suffered a great amount of sorrow as no one cares for their well-beings. They had no one to fall back to when facing problems.However, Richard has learnt that lesson, but Colin has yet to encounter that problem. Undoubtfully, we need to think twice before making any decision in life.