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How are the couple from "The Management of Grief" and the fireman from "The Heart of Darkness" alike ?

Answer 1

But Heart of Darkness is much more than a story about a trip up the river. It's a searching exploration of difference: of good and evil, black and white, sanity and insanity. In the end, what we're left with is … nothing. Really. Most contemporary critics agree that the novel is about the essential emptiness at the core of humanity—and language.

Based on an actual event—the Sikh terrorist bombing of an Air India plane on June 23, 1985, which killed all 329 passengers and crew—“The Management of Grief” is Bharati Mukherjee’s “tribute to all who forget enough of their roots to start over enthusiastically in a new land, but who also remember enough of their roots to survive fate’s knockout punches.” Mukherjee’s story focuses on Shaila Bhave in the hours, days, and months following the deaths of her husband and two young sons. The story focuses on her forms of grief and guilt, which are specific to her culture.

Answer 2

Both story's in my eye's represent feelings, and emotions. Grief, guilt, sadness, hurt, pain etc. I didn't read the whole story's, but right off the bat that's what I got. I hope I helped you.