Comparing A Clean Well-Lighted Place And The Red Convertible

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God has a plan for everyone who lives on the earth today. In these three stories “A Clean Well-Lighted PLace,”“The Red Convertible,” and Limestone Diner.” Each story talks about someone's life and what plan God has created for them. A Clean Well-Lighted Place talks about a drunk man and how one does not care what happens to him. The Red Convertible is based on two brother create a tight bond and is split up due to one going to the Army. Limestone Diner is about a girl that gets in a wreck twenty-nine years ago and someone has a wreck just like the one twenty-nine years ago. Life’s too short to worry about the bad, and not live the good in every day to day life.
Characters a person that plays a role in a novel or a movie. In the novel “ A Clean,
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“A Clean Well-Lighted Place” has a theme that everyone goes to everyday. Some people do not have anything to go home to, so do not just think about yourself but think about others. “He’s lonely. I’m not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me( Hemingway page 202).” In this part of the story the old man is lonely and is still at the cafe also getting a bit tipsy. The man that has a wife to go home to is ready to go and does not think about others. In the story The Red Convertible has a theme of when someone is not willing to do things they did when they were younger do not worry about it. “ You want to go on back?(Erdrich page 293)” This right before Henry jumps in the water and takes his life. Lyman was sort of begging Henry to get back in the car and run around like when the boys were younger. Limestone Diner is a novel with a theme of when something has happened in the past do not try to solve things that can not be solve and just move on in life. “In the twenty-nine years since Sharee’s accident, Lorraine had tried every other possible angle(Lewis page 324).” So for last twenty-nine years Lorraine has study what has happen. Even though Sharee said it was an accident, is it an accident if it is God’s plan. God knows what everyone's life plan

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