Comparison essay on Loneliness of the Longdistance runner & Chariots of Fire

Comparison essay on Loneliness of the longdistance runner and chariots of fire I am looking at the respective personalities of the two characters and the influences which shaped their respective lives, their attitudes towards authority, their motivation in running and their respective ideas concerning ‘victory’ and ‘defeat’. Both Colin and Eric’s lives have been shaped by their surrounding and the area’s in which they were raised. Colin was raised in lower class society. …

…run to win for the pleasure of God. Colin and Erics motivation is very different but is also very the same. Although they are different in the things that motivate they are even more the same in the fact that their main motivation is that of which they most believe in. This shows us that the two are very compasionate about what they lay their faith in. Eric in God and Colin in his people.