Gee's article is similar to Swales in many different ways. They both talk about something that we do and what we are involve in everyday, which is a discourse community. In their articles both the authors ask how people read the other people and activities in it. Both of the articles also talk about how people keep learning to write and use language in new ways to interact with others.
    However, Gee's and Swales may have similarities, but they also are very different. James Gee calls what we constantly evolve and acquire new literacies as Discourses and John Swales calls discourse communities. Gee also focuses more on the linguistics of a Discourse while Swales talks more about what a discourse community is.