David And Goliath Compare And Contrast

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In the poem “Casey at the Bat” and story “David and Goliath” a comparison of David and Casey shows similarities and differences. The first comparison between Casey and David is they were both faced with a difficult problem. In the poem, Casey’s team might lose the whole baseball game if Casey does not get a home run when it is his turn to bat. In the story, the Israelite army is facing the Philistines and their most powerful opponent, Goliath. David and Casey both have problems that have to involve themselves to solve. Also, Casey and David are scared to fail. In the poem, everyone in the crowds and on Casey’s baseball team are depending on him win. In the story, David has told the king, Saul, that he will defeat the giant and now the king …show more content…
After he takes the giants sword and removes his head, he just takes the head to his tent instead of showing anyone else. Casey wants everyone to think that he is the greatest and accepts the praise, but David does not make a big deal of his victory or call for praise in his actions. Also, while Casey and David both have difficult problems, David has a harder problem than Casey. In the poem, Casey is just simply attempting to win the baseball game for his team. In the story, David has taken the task of defeating a warrior giant that is twice his size with a pebble and a sling to save the Israelites. Casey and David both have pressure on them from their problems, but David failing could end in the loss of lives making it much more serious. Finally, Casey and David have very different ideas of what should be praised and what should not. In the story, Casey believes that he should be praised for being such a good baseball player that he is depended on to win the whole game. In the story, David does not think that he should be praised for defeating a giant two times his size, but that only the lord he follows should be