Although the message completely conflicts, prose of Alger's "Ragged Dick," and Twain's, "Story of the Bad Little Boy" mirror each other schematically. These two works are comparable in that the moral of the story is displayed through description, and use of anecdote.. The major contrasting element between these two works is that morality is viewed completely different between the two texts. Twain and Alger's use of specific anecdotes convey their respective message. These two stories …showed first 75 words of 884 total…

…showed last 75 words of 884 total…an anecdote before every message which is intended to ignite the reader with the short story and then level them with the message. Both writers intend to do this in their respective works. Each of these stories have the element of anecdote to influence the reader into receiving their message. Be it short prose or long novel, schematically these two stories are told with different messages, however are gone about to achieve the same result.