Loss in one’s life can happen in many different ways. Losing someone can affect a person in an unimaginable way. When my grandmother died, it hit me hard. There is no way to explain the way I felt after the loss of my loved one; however, it is not the same as in that of Nathan Englander’s story, “Free Fruit for Young Widows”. The story uses loss in a way that Professor Tendler loses his whole family. On the other hand, Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Raven”, uses loss where the young student loses his beloved, Lenore. Although Englander and Poe use the common theme of loss, both authors use it differently in their stories.
In “Free Fruit for Young Widows”, Professor Tendler loses his whole family. He sees them get killed right in front of him. Professor Tendler battles with the loss of his family throughout the story. It makes him do things he normally never would do. On the other hand, in “The Raven”, the young student loses his beloved Lenore. The young student struggles with the loss of Lenore throughout the story. He starts to hear the raven repeating the word “Nevermore”, and it is from the grief of the loss of his beloved Lenore. …show more content…
Like this article states, “Shimmy not only provides free fruit and vegetables to young Israeli war widows, but he also doles out free fruit to Tendler’ (Lowin). Tendler is similar to a widow because he lost all of himself the day he witnessed his family get murdered. Professor Tendler faces the most unimaginable loss there is. In the story it states, Professor Tendler was expecting no surprises, no reunions. He’d seen his mother killed in front of him, his father, three sisters, his grandparents…” (Meyer 317). Professor Tendler knew his life would never be the same after losing his family; however, the young student in “The Raven will never be the same after the horrific loss of his beloved,