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Compare And Contrast Sixteen By Pete Daly
The two stories or literary novels "Sixteen" by Maureen Daly and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing, who are both authors or wordsmiths, Maureen Daly and Doris Lessing uses a theme, subject, or topic matter of their characters who are wanting to prove, validate, and justify themselves to someone else. The differences, distinctions, or variation of these two stories or literary novels becomes extremely useless and obsolete when who the two characters aspire to prove, validate, and justify themselves to others in social situations. In "Sixteen" by Maureen Daly the principal character or main character seems to be attempting or trying really and truly hard to prove, validate, and justify herself to the reader, and that she is insightful and perceptive enough and popular enough to be telling this story or literary novel. …show more content…
Throughout each story (or literary novel), try to validate and justify something to themselves or other people or characters. In Doris Lessing's short story or literary novel"Through the Tunnel"" by Doris Lessing" the principal character, main character, or dramatis personae who or whom we can apperceive or apperceive as Jerry. These two completely and totally different short stories. "Sixteen" by Maureen Daly and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing are both full of kindred spirits predicated on the absolute fact that both characters attempt or try to prove something to someone, but they are different because those someones are different in these two stories or literary

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