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At first glance, the narrator of "How" and the protagonist of "A Wall of Fire Rising" seem like two different people leading disparate lives. The Woman is a modern day female living in New York City while Guy is man who leads a more primitive lifestyle in a rural community. A closer look into the characters reveals that both
are suffocated by the lives and roles they are forced to live and yearn only to be freed of the challenges they face within themselves. Woman's and Guy's paths meet directly, however, on the road to escapism, and both similarly end in a destination of ruin and tragedy.
Guy leads a routine life by most standards. He comes home where an eager son and "nightly peck on the cheek" from his wife await him. He looks forward to immediately eating supper with his family, because it is a "thing that [they have] on [their] minds." Responsible for the welfare of his family, the night they eat supper is fulfilling on the surface, as the family relieves themselves of......

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