The two articles The notes of the kentucky cycle and stepchild in back talk appalachia are very similar to one another. The end of back talk from appalachia end with the notes of the kentucky cycle. It’s pretty much the author explaining everything wrong that the play writer got wrong about the culture of kentucky. And how only outsiders of the west coast only found it amusing. While people from that area were angered and sad of how he portrayed their everyday life as “living in poverty”. The second article that I read is stepchild. The authors goes about how he moved from the region to the suburbs of a city. The struggle of adjusting and trying to fit in when you are constantly being ridiculed. Because he fits  like americans stereotype of a “hillbilly” The author spent his whole life trying to fit in to a society that has seen him as an outcast his whole life. From being bullied for being smarter and not talking like everyone else. As you can see with the first article the author talks about how they make fun of how people speak and use of their terminology. The first article addresses what kentucky is really like and why it’s good to be from the area. The second one at the end the author finds remorse in being from the region learning that it is all not bad even though he spent most of his life in the city.