The theme of perseverance is strengthened and established through a comparative analysis of these two pieces. ... She presents her readers with the character, Phoenix Jackson, and through this character, she displays the example of what that passion and perseverance looks like walked out in life. ... While most would like to think they are strong enough in character to choose the tougher road that has not been cleared, the majority of people tend to follow in line where others have created a nice, uninterrupted, smooth path. ... Some of her thoughts and responses to her trials, and how they l...

• Word Count: 2554
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

Here it is, the story says: what you have is what there is; take it or leave it; if you are blind, he will help you feel your way through, but never as a direction to meaning, only to an apprehension of the facts (Jerome, Wallace. 2007: 2827). ... A third collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?... Completely indifferent, their failures, like their hopes, are small, even weak (Jerome, Wallace. 2007: 2827). ... The narrator doesn't feel like he's "inside anything" now, and he likes the feeling. ... But I didn't feel like I was inside anythi...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Valjean, on the other hand, treats Cossette like a princess, giving her all she desires. ... Eponine shows true bravery in this scene when she refuses the step down, "she stood with her back to the gate, facing the six men, all armed to the teeth looking like demons in the dark" (856). ...

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However, in the same year, his story "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" ... I'll follow along with you. ... Just begin now like I'm telling you."' ... "It was like nothing else in my life up to now," he tells the reader. ... But I didn't feel like I was inside anything." ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School