Highwayman

 The similarity between the highwayman and Frankie is that they both liked to be with a girl they met and were expecting something from them. However, they both felt lost because of losing the girl that they like and care about. I agree with Seamus’s conclusion that they have similar experiences because the girl, Bess, in the highwayman died with no call, which is the same as Patricia who died suddenly in the lavatory.

           

            Frankie’s situation may be compared to a romantic story because the way they connect and communicate is really special and is full with emotion. And how Frankie waits for Patricia’s poems is similar to lovers waiting and thinking about each other everyday. Also, the wall between them somehow symbolizes the distance between them. It feels like they are far away from each other and have to talk on a phone everyday. Furthermore, every time they talk or laugh, the Sister will always stop them from doing that. It can be compared to a forbidden love, which is often used in romantic stories. Nonetheless, there are still some differences between a romantic story and the Typhoid Fever. The two characters were too young to know about love and romance. Also, there was no affection between two of them.