Compare and Contrast

Edgar to Almondine

Claude to Almondine

•Almondine...
... analyzes before making an action.

...understands she has a purpose in life. "She finally understood: the thing that was going to happen was that her time for training was over and now, at last, she had a job to do." (Almondine, Forte's Children)

...is able to forgive and forget. "Perhaps she would have
forgotten his crimes, for which he wanted more than anything to atone." (Return)

•Edgar...
...acts upon his emotions. "But his patience was spent...I should have done it the first night he stayed here." (The Texan)

...cannot choose whether to stay or run away. "'And if you go,' she whispered, 'don't you come back, not for nothing. Don't you let the wind change your mind. It's just wind, that's all.'"

...holds intense grudges when he shouldn't. "He meant to forgive her, but at the sight of her, playful and coy, all his arguments from last night possessed him again." (The Texan)

•Almondine...
...does not want to hurt others unless there is no other choice. "But Almondine didn't want to fight. She wanted Epi off him, off her boy." (The Fight)

...is honest with everyone. "'Very bright eyes,' she said, looking at Almondine, 'Like this one. Same way of peering at you, too.'"

•Claude...
...is only truly concerned for himself and his well being. "The disaster was not that the barn was burning...Nor was the disaster that happened to Glen...No, the disaster was that Edgar kept running into the barn for those records." (Claude)

...is deceptive to his family and friends. "I'm not doing any harm up here, right?" (Every Nook and Cranny)

...isn't good in hiding his true emotions."...attempt an insolent grin, but it does not come off easily. It comes off forced and the grin fades as if the muscles of your face have grown paralytic and this is also something the boy can see, who has not once looked away or betrayed an emotion." (Awakening)