In Oscar Castro Z's "Lucero" and Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path," what are the most interesting contrasts between the stories?

The short stories
"Lucero" (Oscar Castro Z) and "" () both main characters
("Lucero's" Ruben Olmos and "A Worn Path's" Phoenix Jackson) are on a
journey. There are a couple aspects of the stories which make them similar, but the similarities
are very superficial. 

Both stories contain an animal which upsets the path
of the main character. In "Lucero," Ruben's horse must be pushed from a steep
path...