Essay on the comparison and contrast of characters Young and innocent points of view The thesis of my article should be: How being young, despite having an innocent vision of the world, could be misleading. I'm comparing both Tom from "A Woman on The Roof" and Sammy from "A&P". Both characters are very similar. Yet in a certain sense the two characters Tom and Sammy are not very similar. Both Tom and Sammy are quite young, I'd say they're both around seventeen or eighteen. The two have a job and in the stories the theme focuses on their work. Although both scenarios revolve around a girl, Tom and Sammy have more or less sudden impulsive thoughts. Tom approaches what turns out to be a woman he thought he liked as much as she does and she wants nothing to do with him. While Sammy quits his job to impress the girls, which turns out not to affect them even in the slightest. In many ways they show that they are trying to protect the girls and do something for them. As seen in this quote from Sammy in “A&P”. “The girls, and who would blame them, I'm in a hurry to get out, so I say “I'm leaving” to Lengel fast enough for them to hear, hoping they stop to look at me, their unsuspecting hero. This quote shows how Sammy wants to be there for the girls and be their savior. Until the end of each story they both show or appear to be untouched by rejection until they really know what it's like. Both have many similar characterizations, mostly revolving around innocent tendencies towards their worldview and what it brings to them. They. Although their views are also similar, as they are basically in the same situation and look up to women and try to be there for them, as I said before. This shows how much the two have to learn in the years to come. Although there are many similarities, the two characters Tom and Sammy have some contrasts with each other. First of all, Sammy is more of a sarcastically critical person. As he shows as he describes shoppers one by one as they enter and shop in the store. Like when he calls an old woman “A cash register watcher”..