Clarissa And Chris From Lifeguard Analysis

I decided to do Clarissa from the Dancer and Chris from Lifeguard for a compare and contrast. Clarissa is a confused girl trying to discover her identity and culture; by finding it in Dance.She Chris is a dedicated swimmer and does not focus on anything else, however he learns the true meaning of friendship. When an individual has a rough time in life, they discover something that had been missing in their life, results in compassion and happiness.

The connection between Clarissa and Chris in both stories is that they come from rough backgrounds.You can make the inference in Lifeguard ”Dad came by the pool last week.” “The jerk, I thought. Serve him right if one of theses days I walk up to the viewing room, shove open the door and pop him one right in the mouth”; Chris's dad came to the pool, but he is not impressed seeing his dad, since he is only in the viewing room. His dad is not personally talking to him, only viewing him while he is swimming. Which says alot that there is a strain in the relationship between father and son. Clarissa in Dancer reveals “Some foster kids come with lots of stuff, but she came with everything …show more content…
Clarissa discovered her love for dance and it helped her confidence bloom, with Chris he learned that he is not alone and can be a role model for someone who needs it and he can be a dad to Mike who needed someone. The stories express how people can feel so lost until they find what they were meant to do and help themselves ouat and others.Clarisa and Chris how they felt in the beginning they felt lost and disconnected to people, but once they learned they were needed and they did not feel like hiding anymore with all their issues, they finally learn to move on and become better people in their