1. The memories of Sedaris and Hugh were similar in the kinds of things that they did. The difference was just the intensity. For example, they both went to field trips, but Sedaris went to normal places like Old Salem or Colonial Williamsburg; while Hugh went to places like the Ethiopian Slaughterhouse.
2. By using a point by point method, Sedaris is pointing out the differences in the things they did. But if he would have continued like this, the essay would have been very confusing and messy. Later he changes back to subject by subject method, which makes the essay look more organized, easy to comprehend and interesting.
3. Sedaris’s comparison about his life with Hugh’s is explained very clearly and in detail. From the starting it gives
