Comparison and contrast: Holy LandIn the novel “Holy Land” and in the essay “An Ordinary Place”, both written by the same author, DJ Waldie, they have the same description of the suburban area during his childhood, but has a different meaning and writing style. In the novel “Terra Santa” we talk about the 1940s when the peripheral area was built. He said the white men worked hard every day and built more than five hundred houses a week. In “An Ordinary Place,” he talks about what the suburbs are like in the present, and also about more diversity with different ethnicities. Both the novel and the essay are written by the same author but they also share some similarities and differences regarding his experiences in the suburbs and the author's writing style. In the novel "Holy Land", Waldie talks about some differences between the novel and the essay is that he mentions the past and what the suburbs were like. Waldie said the streets were flooded on rainy days. Waldie sees men working every day and sees where they all hang out. As in the essay “An Ordinary Essay”, he says that the suburb...