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A Rose For Emily" vs. "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"

Although “A Rose For Emily” and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” are two different stories that have two different outcomes and have two totally different authors, they still have many similarities along with some differences, as you can tell already. For instance the comparison about how both stories deal with crazy people or how one story has numerous deaths while the other has none. Hopefully this paper will explain to you the similarities and differences in these two well written yet sometimes boring stories.
There are many similarities in this story such as the attitude of the characters. Both the stories deal with crazy main characters. Miss Emily and Mr. Shiftlet both have a form of disability. “She was sick for a long time.” That is what the narrator says in “A Rose for Emily”. This means that after her father died, Emily kind of mind and was suffering from depression. The in “The Life You Save May be your Own” Mr. Shiflet only has one arm. He is go...

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