Great Minds Think Different Great minds think alike, this statement is absolutely false. Authors are great because of their originality, not of their skill to mimic someone else. They use different style, theme, inspiration, and everything in between to write stories. The difference between two well written stories can be shown in "The Hawk is Flying" by Harry Crews and "Chee's Daughter" by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller. Different themes and subjects are apparent within …showed first 75 words of 561 total…

…showed last 75 words of 561 total…this the world is much better off, because if all great minds think alike... there would be no original works of art. "'It is not as bad as it might be. It is not as though we are left with nothing'" (Platero 213). Works Cited Crews, Harry. "The Hawk is Flying." Adventures in Appreciation. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando: HBJ, 1989. 254-258. Platero, Juanita and Siyowin Miller. "Chee's Daughter." Adventures in Appreciation. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando: HBJ, 1989. 211-221.