Kevin, from Family Ties by Gary Paulsen, and Francisco, from Inside Out by Francisco Jiménez, have almost nothing in common, like the way they react towards school and the lessons they learn. Kevin does ok even though he is a bit overloaded with work while Francisco feels anxious about school because he does not know English. And Kevin learns that current relationships are often unstable though Francisco learns that compassion can lead to positive relationships. But they both try to have a good relationship with people around them, like when Kevin tries to get Tina to like him romantically or Francisco tries to make his teacher like him academically or be friends with Curtis. They may have almost nothing in common, but they try to have a good relationship with other characters.
Kevin and Francisco act differently towards school, for example, Francisco feel’s nervous about school because he had never gone to school but he did not know English “I did not speak or understand English either, and I already felt anxious.”. But Kevin acts in a different way, in social studies, they are making pairs to make “families”, and he paired up with Katie, and he overloads himself with work to get extra credit and he thinks that if he is a good “husband” to Katie, she will tell Connie and she will tell Tina that he is a good husband and know that he is a family man “However… Katie if friends with Connie and Connie is friends with Tina, and if I turn out to be an awesome pretend husband, then Katie will tell Connie and Connie will tell Tina and Tina will see me as a family man”. As you can see, they act differently towards school.
The theme of Family Ties and Inside Out are also different, the theme for Family Ties is that nowadays relationships are often unstable but the theme for Inside Out is that compassion can lead to a positive relationship. In Family Ties, the theme is shown throughout the whole story, for example, when there are 2 weddings going on and all the family members are coming to Kevin’s house and it gets crowded, the dog makes noise all night, etc. But the lesson of Inside Out is shown when the principal gives Francisco the green jacket, or when Francisco was feeling embarrassed and when he laid his head down the teacher lets him and Francisco shows compassion to Curtis by giving him the drawing he made. The theme is different and they learn different lessons.
Now, even with all those differences, they still have one thing in common, and that thing is that they try to have a good relationship with people around them. Kevin tries to have a good relationship with Tina romantically, he tries to make his family get along so she can see him as a family man. And Francisco tries to get Curtis to like him as a friend when he gives him his drawing. As you can see, they both want to have a good and positive relationship with people around them.
Kevin and Francisco have nothing in common, but the one similarity is that they try to have a good relationship with people around them. Some of the things they don’t have in common is their theme, that they learn different lessons, and the way they react towards school. Kevin is overloaded with work and Francisco is anxious about school, but they try to have a good relationship with people around them. Though they have one thing in common, they still have almost nothing i
