different styles often write very similar stories. Tobias Wolff's "Powder" and Leslie Norris' *BR*

"Shaving" have many similarities. They are comparable in their themes, plot and relationships.*BR*

The best example of a theme that "Shaving" and "Powder" share, is that change is necessary *BR*

for a more mature and happy life. In "Shaving," Barry has a rite of passage that is forced upon him. *BR*

Due to his dad's failing health, Barry has to shave him because he is too weak to do it himself. This rite *BR*

of passage makes Barry a mature individual because not only does he learn to take care of his father, but he learns that he will *BR*

be able to survive as the man of the household when his father is not there anymore. The author *BR*

says about Barry, "Not long ago they had been small bare hands, not very long ago (123)." This helps *BR*

the reader realize that the change is occuring as he reads.

describing Barry she said, "Barry was filled with unreasoning protective love. He lifted the*BR*

relationships between a father and son that develop throughout the story. *BR*

between a father and a son. Throughout each story, the relationships improved. In "Shaving," as Barry took upon his role as a mature adult, and shaved*BR*

this trip he might not be spending time with his father in a while because his mother might be *BR*

only characters. These two relationships greatly changed throughout the story. *BR*

their parents might soon be coming to an end. Within both of these stories, there are *BR*

as an obsessive neat freak who grew very nervous at any time in which something bad could *BR*

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