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Similarities Between 'Always There And We Are Still Tornadoes'

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“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out,” Walter Winchell once said. This quote means that a real friend is there when you are facing a time of sadness, but also a time of happiness. An exploration of how the author of the poem “Always There”, by Erik Gual, and the authors of the novel, “We are still Tornadoes”, by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen, portrayed their interpretation of friendship shows how crucial having a friend can be. While similar, they have their differences. Erik Gual, the author of “Always There”, gets to the theme by using exaggeration and a metaphor, but Michael Kun and Susan Mullen get to the theme by using repetition and a characters dialect. Both of the literary works display a theme of always being there and sticking with your friend through both the good and the bad. In the novel it says, "I'm sorry you are going through such a sad time. I wish I knew of some way to make it better, but I know there's nothing I can say that will make much of a difference right now." (Kun and Mullen 214). From this quote, we learn that Cath …show more content…

In the story, a big conflict occurs, which is shown by the repetition of “And what happened with…” (Kun and Mullen 155) 14 times. This shows the strength of the two friends bond, because they are continuing to communicate, despite a conflict. No matter the size of a conflict, they continue to write, proving that they will stay by their friends side through everything. One of the main character doesn’t go to college, due to problems in academics. He revealed his bad grades when he said, “Give me a D in biology, then show up at my dad’s store and ask for “dungarees” like it never happened? (Kun and Mullen 16) Despite one of them going to college and the other not, they show a great act of friendship by sticking together through their

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