Authors Note: This should be graded a revision for the compare and contrast similar but diverse.
Have you ever been put in the situation where you had to be courageous? Have you ever had to stand up for what you believed in? In the historical fiction novel Sarah Bishop and in the award winning novel Twilight the two main characters, Sarah Bishop and Bella Swan are both put in situations where they have to face their fears and use courage in positions that they never even imagined being in. Both Bella and Sarah are put in stages where they have to fend for themselves. In their lives they’re going through things that most of us would not understand, that’s what makes Bella and Sarah so comparable, but in so many ways they are also very strong individuals.
In light of the concept on dynamic and static characters, it is easy to see that both of the main characters are dynamic. A dynamic character is a person that changes throughout the story. In both of these novels, both characters are changing throughout their events. Bella started out as a normal girl moving to Phoenix, Florida, but then she meets Edward Cullen and he changed her whole life. She realized what she wanted and went for it and at the end she’s a changed person. With Sarah Bishop, she’s going through a whole different experience. Sarah starts as an everyday farm girl, goes through a family crisis, and ends up living by herself in the wilderness, but through that experience she learns about whom she really is and who she wants to be. This similarity is conveniently clear on how the characters Bella and Sarah can be very corresponding. Even though they are both dynamic characters, there are also other reasons that make them alike.
Although the similarity of both being dynamic characters, they also have the resemblance of having the same perspectives and thoughts on their circumstances. When Bella realized that she was so intensely involved with the life of the Vampire, Edward Cullen, she did not do what most of us would have done if we were her. Instead of backing out of her bond or connection with Edward, she fell even more deeply in love than she predicted. As she said in the novel “I could not believe that I fell head over heels for a vampire. I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” When Sarah noticed that her family was now gone from her life and that she had no one to lean on, she did not run away from her fears. Instead of finding help, she went off on her own and went after what she dreamed of doing years ago. She got supplies and headed to the wilderness, where she knew she’d be safe and knew that’s what she’s wanted to do for a long while. Now, you can definitely see there are some correspondences, but now you get to see that there are also dissimilarities within these two personalities.
No doubt it’s straightforward that they are not in the same setting but you can also notice they are not in the same time zone either. Bella’s’ story takes place in normal modern day as Sarah’s does in the late 1900’s in mid revolutionary-war. So, as you can see the time zones are a bit disconnected but even though each girl is in a different timeline they are both learning what it’s like to be on their own. Sarah and Bella may have many ways that they can be alike but they can also be distinct.
In final analysis, the main characters Sarah Bishop and Bella Swan are very similar in different ways, but then again they can be totally different, in many ways. It’s quite interesting to think about the many ways that Sarah and Bella can compare and contrast, totally different timelines, but the same perspective on their lives. These novels may be completely different but they are also very correspondent as well. Indeed they are in completely different plot lines and stages, but the similarities, like both being dynamic characters and having the same type of thoughts are impeccable.
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