These two stories have different settings, different characters, they were even written at different times. ... This is a story about a boy's quest, but even though the quest ends in failure, it results in his awakening and his first step into manhood. ...

• Word Count: 776
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The author welcome the reader to the dreary and "short days of winter," this is the perfect setting to establish a paradox of light and darkness. ... It will be heaven, a spiritual awakening, he believes something will happen there. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School