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Similarities Between Death And Death

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The essay will outline the many differences and similarities between the two books, looking at three key themes. The thesis statement for the essay is: The themes of Life, Death & Historical interactions are all in the books however they are portrayed quite differently. The thesis statement suggests that although the themes are in both books they are not in the shown in the same way. The reason that there are many similarities and differences in the themes is that both characters are very complex and different.

Death
Death is usually just around the corner for the protagonists even if they don't accept it they don't see it. There is an abundance of times when the protagonist is feeling lonely or sad and then receives ill will. For example, when Michael stays home for a long time and doesn't see his friends he is then told that his sister is having an operation. "Dad. What are they going to do? I heard the sighing, the fear in his voice. They're operating on her heart, Michael."- pg 129. The excerpt above is one that really hits you in the heart and makes you feel really scared for Michael. The feeling when you are told that death may come to someone who has only been in the world for such little time is a scary one. My sister was four days old when I was told that, that day she was going to have an open heart surgery. This connection with Michael really lets you understand what a rough time he is having. On the other hand Kit's wilderness is a lot more spooky than familial. The idea of death is much scarier and the antagonist is constantly playing with it. although the creepier sense of death in the book you can still see that death and kit's family mean a lot to him. Near the end of Winter kit's grandfather starts to fall ill and Kit is afraid that he will lose him during a hard time trying to find a missing friend. " A visit to grandpa again."..."He stared at us and through us. But he sat straight, his hands didn't tremble, there was light in his eyes."- pg 157. Many people experience the same feeling of sadness when visiting a grandparent at a hospital. The feeling of sadness and lost hope, the knowledge that you cant save them.

Life
Life is given to many thingstalkingbut that does do not mean that we

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