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. These works mirror each other in that Frost's writing "is simple enough for a child to read, but the meaning is complex enough to foster scholarly debates and long essays" (Cummings, n.d.). ... Some of her thoughts and responses to her trials, and how they lend themselves to the theme...

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In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristics of short story which can be found and applied in Carver's well-known short story Cathedral. ... 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?... The narrator doesn't feel like he's "inside anything" now, and he likes the feeling. ... Bu...

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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
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• Grade Level: High School