Works of Me Part 1

One of the themes in “Montana 1948” by Larry Watson, is sibling rivalry. Sibling rivalry is a natural feeling between any siblings, which the Hayden brothers cannot escape. “When comparisons were made between the two, my father was bound to suffer” is a line spoken David Hayden whose is stuck between his fathers, and his uncles sibling rivalry. Uncle Frank, who is Wesley’s brother, is always seemed to be better then Wesley. Frank is handsome, athletic, and a war hero. Wesley is none of these, and has always felt inferior to Frank. It seems like they are in a competition for their fathers attention.


There is more then one way to skin a cat. The same goes for tactics for stopping sibling rivalry. One tactic is to walk away before someone loses their temper, and self-control. “Separating yourself from your sibling will help both of you calm down(Denise 2008)” said Henry Denise, an expert on Sibling Rivalry. It is a very good tactic because sometimes people can lose their temper while in argument. When someone loses their tempter they might do something they regret, like fight someone, or say something they do not mean. If you walk away, it never gets to this point. This is a very valuable tactic against sibling rivalry. This tactic is best shown in “Montana 1948” by Larry Watson. “At on point I looked up to see how my father was reacting to his brothers speech. He had drifted to the back and was picking up pieces of paper in the grass” Wesley did this because he did not want a confrontation, so he walked away to cool his temper. If he did not walk away he might of lost his temper and caused a scene. This is a good use of the tactic talked about above.

These two paragraphs look identical at first., but there are some subtle difference between the two. The 1st paragraph is about just “Montana 1948”” and is only talking about issues in the book and nothing else. The 2nd paragraph actually talks about real-world issues, and how the work in the real world, and also in the book. The 2nd paragraph cites a expert on sibling rivalry and also offers advice on how to deal with it. Then a example is shown from the book, that shows the tactic talked about previously in the paragraph. The 1st paragraph does none of this, and stays focused on the book and the sibling rivalry between them.

also check www.edintheshed.blogspot.com for a good example.