Comparison Between 'The Man Who Was Almost A Man And Girl'

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A lesson for teenagers.

According to both story about "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" and the poem "Girl" was shared the main ideas about how they are struggles to be grown up like an adult in their life. In the story of "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard, is a story talk about a boy who seventeen years old named Dave was trying to learn a good lesson from author and bring into his life to become a real man. In which the lesson of an adolescent as Dave Saunders has overcome numerous hurdles to become a mature adult such as restless, impatient, and taunted by the older men he works with. In addition, the main character Dave had used his symbolize of "Gun" to represents the power, maturity, masculinity, respect, and independence. Therefore,

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