Answer: humanity's helplessness against nature
Based on the two different excerpts presented above, the theme that is seen as common to both is man's helplessness against nature. When nature strikes, even the strongest man is eaten by doubts and uncertainties, fear and threat.
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(Last sentence) Do you believe the story about the president (George Washington) who, as a boy, admitted to his father that he cut down the cherry tree?
<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
- That he had more faults than he realized.
<em><u>Explanation:</u></em>
In his autobiography published in 1791 , Benjamin Franklin was surprise to discover that he had a lot more faults than he had imagined; but he had the satisfaction of seeing them go away.
first person point of view :)