One reading named “Lit” by Marry Karr is one reading that has the same theme as another reading named “Starving” by Brock Clarke. In “Lit” Karr writes a letter to her son explaining how her childhood was and tells him what she did incorrectly in her life. She wants him to do better in his life than she did in hers. She wants him to know the mistakes she made throughout her life, so he can make better choices. In “Starving”, Clarke talks about how a few fathers who were friends decided to starve themselves when their sons lives fell apart and they moved back in with their fathers. The fathers were trying to teach their sons a lesson by starving themselves. But after their sons moved out, and got back on track, the fathers continued to starve themselves. It had become their lifestyle.
The similar themes between these two short stories are the theme of family, more specifically, sons. Both authors are trying to help their sons have a better life. They are parents, so they will always help their children no matter what, so they end up teaching them what the right thing to do is.
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