[evaluate] throughout the story, tom struggles with the fear that he will die young. how does tom resolve this conflict at the end of the story? do you find this resolution effective? explain. (note) you must have read "the deep" short story by anthony doerr in order to answer this question.

In the story, Tom has a heart condition that indicates he will not live long. Doctors predict he would live sixteen or eighteen years. This causes him to live a life that is not worth living, due to the overly protective approach of his mother. He has little interaction with his peers and does little besides schoolwork. This changes when he meets Ruby. She gives him the chance to experience life more fully, and Tom has to make the choice between living a long, boring life, or living life to the fullest, even if he dies young.

At the end of the story, Tom decides to live a dull, boring life for as long as possible. He stops seeing Ruby, or doing anything exciting. She moves on with her life. His resolution is based on fear, and we know this because he reunites with Ruby one day. Upon meeting her, we get the feeling that Tom regrets his choice. Therefore, the resolution is not effective for him, as he has failed to understand what the meaning of life is for him. He has also stopped himself from pursuing what would have made him truly happy. However, the resolution is effective from the point of view of the narrative, as it reminds us of the importance of finding meaning in life.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

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