1. In both novels, the characters go on a journey
2. The titles of the stories are significant to the theme as well as the plot
3. The protagonists face a conflict that they resolve but come out in a worse state than before the conflict
4. Ethnicity of the people seems to play a major role
5. Women characters have no power
2. The titles of the stories are significant to the theme as well as the plot
3. The protagonists face a conflict that they resolve but come out in a worse state than before the conflict
4. Ethnicity of the people seems to play a major role
5. Women characters have no power