Comparitive Essay: Comparing Canadian short stories "The Concert Stages of Europe" by Jack Hogins and "To Earn My Living" by Gabrielle Roy.

Both Canadian short stories "The Concert Stages of Europe" by Jack Hogins and "To Earn My Living" by Gabrielle Roy are first person narrations recounting significant experiences of the narrators' lives. In "The Concert Stages of Europe," thirteen year old Clay tells us about his disastrous experience at a talent show. In "To Earn My Living", Christine, a young adult, talks about her first teaching job. The stories are both similar and different.
These stories are both similar in several ways. For instance, both stories focus on the protagonists' mothers setting a particular goal for them t…