Comparing The Fight 'And What Happened During The Ice Storm'

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Individuals can take impetuous actions toward nature in certain situations. These actions can sometimes lead to various consequences or results. The short story “What Happened During the Ice Storm” by Jim Heynen describes the actions taken by boys towards a group of pheasants. Similarly, the poem “The Fight” by John Montague depicts the various instances of impulsive actions taken by two boys following the discovery of swallow eggs. The two texts use numerous phrases throughout the story to convey impulsive actions by illustrating individuals’ reactions in the face of nature. The short story “What Happened During the Ice Storm” effectively describes the boys’ actions in the story to develop the concept of impulsive actions toward nature. When …show more content…
A contrasting example was seen near the end of the story when one of the boys “covered two of the crouching pheasants with his coat, rounding the back of it over them like a shell”(Heynen, P4). The connection between the first and second piece of evidence shows a dramatic shift in the tone compared to the intentions the boys first had against nature as they conducted an impetuous action to help and save the pheasants instead of their initial reaction to scare them; the shift shows the two opposing sides of impulsive actions that change without any indications as the boys’ actions unpredictably turned from a negative to a positive impact on the pheasants. The final example of impulse in the story is also demonstrated near the end of the plot; shortly after the first boy gave away his coat, “the other boys did the same” (Heynen, P4), giving their coats away to the pheasants they were originally trying to …show more content…
The short story uses various comparisons between characters and their actions to demonstrate the impulse of humanity against nature, whether to hurt or help it. The poem “The Fight” also uses certain phrases to demonstrate the theme of impulsive actions against nature. When the speaker first “found the swallow’s nest under the bridge” (Montague, Lines 12), the speaker was shown to be overjoyed and ecstatic by his findings. The fact that the speaker “was so pleased, I ran to fetch a school companion” (Montague, Lines 56) develops the theme by conveying to the readers that the speaker’s imprudent nature would eventually lead to severe consequences, as foreshadowed in the latter phrases. Secondly, the speaker reveals his injudiciousness after he shares the news with his friend. When counting the eggs, the speaker ends up “Turn my back, to scoop out the last [egg]” (Montague, Lines 1517). The speaker’s friend ends up running away from the speaker with the majority of the
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