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Comparative Essay on the short stories “He-y Come on ou-t” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” There are many strategies people use to help cope with their problems, most of which involve solving what caused the problem in the first place. What people should never do, but sometimes try anyway, is to push off the problem so they don’t have to deal with it. This should never be done because this doesn’t solve anything, and the root cause will often manifest and cause a much larger problem. The two short stories “He-y, come on ou-t” and “The secret life of Walter Mitty” both explore a way people try to put problems off- and how it ultimately impacts them in a negative way. These two stories relate to each other because they both show that in the end, your problems won’t just disappear. Choosing to forget and ignore a problem will not help solve anything.
In the short story “He-y, come on ou-t!” , A hurricane which swept past a small town has recently passed. The town itself has survived without too much damage but, an old shrine that used to stand nearby has been toppled over. Surprisingly, now that the shrine is gone, the townsfolk notice that there is a large hole underneath where the shrine used to be. An eager young man is the first to notice, he yells into the hole “He-y, come on ou-t!” He then throws in a pebble to gauge the depth the hole, but the pebble never seems to hit the bottom. Soon, Scientists come and try to find out how deep the hole is, but even with

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