conflicting viewpoints in the text “Us and Them
List the conflicting viewpoints in the text “Us and Them.”
compare and contrast the viewpoints of at least two characters. Choose from the narrator, his mother, or the Tomkeys. Compare the point of view expressed by the narrator in the poem “I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move” to point of view of the narrator from “Us and Them.” They both show curiosity created by something new, but they interpret or represent this in different ways. In your answer be sure to mention how the idea of curiosity is interpreted in both readings, how both narrators respond to their problem, and how they feel at the end of the reading. Last, compare the point of view of the narrator from “Us and Them” to the views expressed in the article “Families without TV.” How would the narrator from “Us and Them” disagree with the narrator in “Families without TV?”