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Compare the ways in which two writer’s present characters who have to deal with loss

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Compare the ways in which two writer's present characters who have to deal with loss In this essay I intend to compare the ways in which both the writers, "Graham Swift" and "Michele Roberts" present characters that have to deal with loss. In "Chemistry" written by Swift I know that the author generally based most of his stories on death. Whereas the author of "Your Shoes" shows that she may have had to deal with loss when she may have been living away from her parents. "Chemistry" indicates that from the beginning of the story the narrator has experienced loss," the first loss that I had witnessed" this implies that the boy has suffered some loss. The writer has presented the character of the boy as confused and insecure. When the grandfather says, "You must accept it you cant get it back- it's the only way," Here the writer shows the grandfather...

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