Compare the themes of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."

The
themes in "" and "" are similar in that they both offer optimistic positive
messages about ways to expand life from the soul outward. The themes are different in point of
reference of topic.

One theme of the former (first listed) is that after a
period of decay and despair and marginalized isolation (for whatever reason:...