Mr.Hoodhood VS. Mr.Kowalski

Mr. Hoodhood VS. Mr. Kowalski
Name:Josh
Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Some people think that Mr. Hoodhood and Mr. Kowalski are similar. Others believe that they are different. I will be discussing the similarities and differences between the two. One similarity between them is that they both seem to care about their business more than their kids. So far through the book I have seen encounters when Holling is trying to tell Mr.Hoodhood a serious problem and Mr. Hoodhood just reverses the situation to his company not caring about Holling's feelings. When Meryl Lee describes her father in February I could tell that she feels the same way Holling feels about his father. The most obvious similarity between Mr. Hoodhood and Mr. Kowalski is that they are both architects. Mr. Hoodhood owns Hoodhood and
associates while Mr. Kowalski is the owner of Kowalski and associates. They are both rival companies and in February they are both duelling to see who will design the new school. These two business men are also
both very competitive. Holling's dad is like a war machine when it comes to the business. He will do whatever he can to ensure he made a deal. You can tell this by going back in the book to the part where
Holling is insisting that Mrs. Baker hates his guts and then his father tells him to keep Mrs. Baker happy to ensure he would get to renovate the Baker Sporting Emporium. Mr. Kowalski is also a very
competitive man. You can tell this by how he used his daughter to steal Mr. Hoodhood's design for the new school. Even though these two characters have similarities, as humans they have differences. A big
difference between the two is that Mr. Hoodhood is more independent then Mr. Kowalski. Mr. Hoodhood can do things by himself and doesn't need anyone to help him. Mr. Kowalski on the other hand is more of a
dependant person. He had to steal Mr. Hoodhood's idea of the new school through his daughter which is something that Mr. Hoodhood would not need or want to do. Another difference is that Mr. Kowalski is
more nervous than Mr. Hoodhood. When the school board was deciding which architect would design the new school Mr. Kowalski's face was turning red, he was sweating pile loads and he was fidgeting with his
cigarette the whole meeting while Mr. Hoodhood was keeping his cool at the meeting. Mr. Hoodhood is more confident than Mr. Kowalski. Mr. Kowalski took a look at the design that Mr. Hoodhood had made and assumed it was better than his. He stole it because he had no self confidence in him which I believe Mr. Hoodhood has a lot of. After talking about Mr. Hoodhood and Mr. Kowalski I would like to say
"Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas" -James M. Baldwin.