Compare and Contrast piece

Author's Note: I'm writing this piece to show my understanding of compare and contrast. While reading this, look for the ways that Massie and Roger are alike. 

In the story Thank you Ma'am Roger is living through a tough time. He is living out on the street, with no parents, no money nothing besides him and his hope to one day get off the streets and live in a real home. Meanwhile Massie Block is living the life in her huge house, getting everything she wants whenever she wants something. There are many things that are different between the two but there are also many things that are similar. 

Roger and Massie have a few things in common, one thing they both have in common is that they both don't care about other people. Roger goes around stealing purses from ladies and Massie pulls mean and cruel pranks on her new "room mate". In a way I can say that they both don't care about other people as much as they should. Massie cares about clothes and accessories more than she does about the less fortunate. I can see why Roger doesn't care about other people as much, but stealing from people is just making his life worse and making it harder on himself. 

“Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed. "Huh? No. I mean, I don't know," Claire said. "Then why are you all up in my grill?" Massie said through her teeth.” These are the kind ignorant things that Massie says to Claire. Roger is also a very ignorant person, if he wasn't ignorant he wouldn't be going around stealing purses and wallets from strangers. Ignorant is the perfect word to describe both Massie and Roger. 

"Massie Block is the perfect definition to describe something that is perfect" some girl said to suck up. Massie is a girl who gets everything she wants, she is spoiled and is the perfect definition of a snob. She is the total opposite of Roger. Roger is a boy who has nothing good in his life to look forward to. While Massie is out shopping and spending money like money is free, Roger is barely getting by with stealing money from people. On one hand you have Massie and on the other you have Roger, both people, but very different life styles. 

While reading both of these books, I've learned two lessons: to always respect others and never to take things for granted. Sure, sometimes you get everything you want like Massie, but you could also end up like Rodger and have nothing. There were many similarities and differences between these books. They start off as not the best people, but in the end they find out where they really stand and start to appreciate what they have.