Read the following quote from poet Emily Dickinson. Dying is a wild night and a new road.
Choose the best definition for the metaphor:
O Death is a turbulent and novel experience.
O Death comes to all things eventually.
Only the elderly and adventurous will die.
O Death is a roller coaster.

Tobias wolff most likely named his short story "mortals" because the story explores the theme of people coming to terms with the idea that one day they too will die. wanting to find out what their loved ones really think of them. achieving immortalit by being "big people" while they are alive. hoping that they will have accomplished something before they die.