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Constantly reflecting her life to the world around her, Jane's life choice correspond with the tragic events of the Franklin expedition. The author engages the relation of John Torrington's death as a way to build a connection to Jane's suffering and tragic experiences. As seen with both characters, they were both doomed from the  start; John was killed by the lead within the cans her trusted dearly and the same goes for Jane and her straightforward goal on being focused on freeing herself from others. In the end both characters decisions on what they thought would benefit them ultimately "lead" to their downfall. And as Jane sees this documentary on TV she goes through an episode of reflection about her past choices and mistakes, and leaves us with the idea of how individual choice isn't always the
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Jane and Vincent journey is similar to Franklin expedition because both ended with a unknown cause.Jane and Vincent's relationship was complicated going through a journey that was doomed from the start but continued anyway because they wanted to live without consequences just like the Franklin expedition where they had to suffer the consequences of their actions due to the choices they decided to make.just like the Franklin expedition Jane and Vincent took their poison resulting in a horrible tragedy for them both

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey that Jane and Vincent take, as both the crew on the expedition as well as Vincent died mysteriously, leaving behind numerous unanswered questions. The doomed fate of the expedition as well as Jane and Vincent relationship are paralleled and emphasized through the use of this parallel. The Franklin Expedition resulted in tragedy due to led poisoning in the food, and Jane and Vincent's relationship spiraled into tragedy as well due to Vincent's secret. Atwood strategically utilizes this tool to contrast both situations

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Jane's deeper connection with the Franklin expedition reveals her innermost feeling on the subject of her relationship with Vincent. By paralleling the two , it provides a deeper meaning to the relativity of loss and the consequences of life. Both the expedition and relationship failed, ultimately introducing those surrounding them with a fear of the unknown and the devastation of loss. The helplessness faced in both situations highlights the uncertainty we face everyday and goes even as far as to suggest that death is a consequence of life.

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Atwood utilizes the discovery of John Torrington from the Franklin Expedition to parallel the story of Jane and Vincents life. Once leaving for the Franklin expedition, John Torrington was doomed from the start, due to the lead poisoning and being lost in the Arctic. This parallels the life of Jane and Vincent. Jane is so focused on being free from others that she is inevitably dooming herself to be stuck in a state of limbo; she is doomed for failure because in the act of trying to stay free she is sticking herself to Vincents life.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to Jane And Vincent's life because they both end up failing in the end of the story. Jane and the other people might have some idea of why Vincent died, just like some scientist have theories on how John Torrington died. Atwood decides to parallel these two stories because their plots are so similar. When Jane watched the part when the body was dug out, she had some flashbacks of when Vincent died. The reason for Atwood to add this show, is to signify the amount of damage Vincent's death put on Jane.

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The discovery of John Torrington over a hundred years later and being released form the permafrost is parallel to the state of Jane and Vincent's relationship.The couple had been together for so long and as it progressed things suddenly got worse with no definitive reason like the cause of John Torrington's death.Upon the death of Vincent, Jane is free from the dead relationship considering there was speculation that Vincent was gay struggles.Jane also struggles to find closure because of not knowing Vincent's cause of death  similar to the Franklin expedition.
The author's reasoning for making a parallel between The Franklin expedition and the relationship is to show the the highlight the nature of "not knowing"

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The Franklin Expedition was doomed from the start due to the unknown fact that their canned food contained led poisoning. This is similar to Vincent's situation because he too had died of an unknown cause just as John Harrington had. The expedition also shows similarity through Vincent and Jane's relationship because much like in the journey of the Franklin expedition, their relationship had also died out.

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Both the Franklin Expedition and "The Age of Lead" are compared in Atwood's story through Jane and her recollection with her past relationship with Vincent. The parallels regarding the two concern the sudden downfall in both scenarios despite the far fetched nature of comparison with a grand tragedy to a hurtful personal experience. This however is significant in the comparison from such far fetched tie as history repeats itself with such downfalls. The use of downfall in both highlights the minor beginnings of origin and the seemingly helpless outcome, Jane's history relives the careless nature of their relationship from a teenager perspective of 'living in the moment' type attitude and the present view of carelessness for packaging lead cans for food. These both carry the lightweight careless notation of the heavy consequences that would result from such attitude presented in both.

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The similarity between the Franklin Expedition, and Jane and Vincent in the "Age of Lead" is how the Expedition is a direct resemblance between the love and emotional connection between Jane and Vincent. Unfortunately, Atwood emphasizes the  parallel connection between the lives of Jane and Vincent though the mysterious death that occurs in both settings, which also allows the reader to recognize loss of hope and tragic fate.

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The Franklin Expedition is very similar to the journey that Vincent and Jane both take in Atwoods "The age of lead" because both of these allow the audience to have a clear view of their horrible consequences. During the Franklin Expedition, men were dying from many different known/unknown causes. In "The Age of Lead", Jane friends were also dying from various causes which added to her paranoia. Atwood uses the parallel between The Franklin Expedition and "The Age of Lead" because in both situations, the people/main characters involved were convinced that there would be no consequences to the actions they chose to take. There was also a parallel in the sense that not everything that happens in life is expected, and both these people/characters faced many surprising consequences.

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Atwood displays a parallel between the Franklin Expedition and The Age of Lead in order to show the blunt endings to their journeys. Neither could foresee how they would die and suffered to have their life/love end in unanticipated and unexplained ways. Along with the abrupt endings, The Age of Lead also parallels how powerless both sides are. Consequences occur no matter what you attempt to do to prevent them and both stories portray that exactly.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey of Jane and Vincent in a way that the canned food, their only way of survival, was seen as a hidden consequence. In " The Age of lead", Jane was too afraid that loving Vincent would cause the same consequences and heartaches that she saw with her family.  Jane chose the option she thought best -  to avoid an actual relationship.
In the Franklin expedition, they chose what they thought was the best option, to eat the canned food in hopes of survival. Although both decisions may be seen as a great option, this led to consequences in their relationship such as regret, worries of herself, and all the things she cant do without him. in the expedition this led to the death of many.

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Jane and Vincent take on a journey in The Age of Lead that is similar to the Franklin Expedition. In both story's they take on a journey and both come out negative in the end with that they both don't meet their goal and something unexpected happens to them or the group as it is in the expedition. In The Age of Lead Jane and Vincent have a goal. The goal was for the both of them to life through there lives without any consequences. This proved to be quiet hard for the both of them since each decision has a consequence even if it isn't that bad of one. In the end they fail because they choose decisions without thinking and going into about what would happen after words. What the consequence would be from their decisions. One of the consequences that ends up happening is Vincent dies due to food poisoning which was really unexpected. The Franklin Expedition can relate to or be similar to Jane and Vincent's journey through the group that starts dying. This relates because it is unexpected that the people just started dying off from a unknown thing.

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Atwood uses the Franklin Expedition as a parallel to Jane and Vincent's life/journey in that both were to have suffered a dark ending that was foreseen from the beginning. From the jump, both parties were excited about the journey's they were about set forth on, not realizing the horrible fate Jane and Vincent & Franklin were going to face. Both endings/deaths were unexpected and unexplained at the time creating a sense of dread and gravity suffered by Jane in the story, destroying her emotionally. Also, there was nothing that could have been done to prevent or protect the people (Vincent & the members of the Franklin Expedition) who died, showing the obvious helplessness both parties had to endure.

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The journey of the Franklin Expedition and the journey of Jane and Vincent are similar in that they both have a goal in mind. The Franklin Expedition's goal was to find North-West passage and Jane and Vincent's goal was to live life without consequences, but both fail because of the unexpected. The Franklin Expedition did not expect to die of lead poisoning, Vincent did not expect to die mysteriously, and Jane did not expect to be so enthralled and affected by Vincent and his death. Atwood parallels the Franklin Expedition to Jane and Vincent's lives to show the consequential and damned nature of life. Everyone in life has to deal with the unexpected.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey that both Jane and Vincent take in "The Age of Lead" because both sides show the audience their grim consequences. For example, "The Age of Lead," Vincent dies from a disease; after, Jane becomes paranoid of her surroundings. This is similar to what the explorers went through when they were stuck on the island. Another example, for the Franklin Expedition, is that their men were dying from various things, which is equivalent to Jane's friends dying from different causes. Atwood parallels the lives of Jane and Vincent with the Franklin Expedition because both were thinking that their actions will have little to no consequences when they made their decisions, so it seems like they didn't take their time to think through the possibilities of their choices.

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Atwood compares The Franklin Expedition to Jane and Vincent's lives to resemble the untimely and mysterious way Vincent died. She also includes it to compare the way they were always doomed to end badly or hurt just like the crew members were doomed to die of lead poisoning.

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The Franklin Expedition was similar to both Jane and Vincent's journey in "The Age of Lead" in the sense that in both journeys/expedition,

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Atwood put the Franklin Expedition into the lives of Jane and Vincent because the way John Torrington died, resembles the mysterious way Vincent died.

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Atwood displays a parallel between the Franklin Expedition and The Age of Lead in order to show the...

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Both the Franklin Expedition and "The Age of Lead" are compared in Atwood's story through Jane and her recollection with her past relationship with Vincent. The parallels regarding the two concern the sudden downfall in both scenarios despite the far fetched nature of comparison with a grand tragedy to a hurtful personal experience. This however is significant in the comparison from such far fetched tie as history repeats itself with such downfalls.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey of Jane and Vincent in a way that the canned food, their only way of survival, was seen as a hidden consequence. In " The Age of lead", Jane was too afraid that loving Vincent would cause the same consequences and heartaches that she saw with her family. ... im not done

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Jane and Vincent take on a journey in The Age of Lead that is similar to the Franklin Expedition. In the Franklin Expedition

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Jane and Vincent's life where filled with choices of their choosing. While Jane recalls an almost moral exploration throughout the passage, the show is implemented by the author to draw back the attention of the readers back to the Franklin expedition. During the exploration rather than learning of how it happened we only really get the result of their actions while in the Short story we see Jane and Vincent's actions and results. The Exploration and the passage correlate together because they both show a form of consequence. Rather due to lack of knowledge or ignorance

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The Franklin's expedition is similar to the journey that both Jane and Vincent experienced as they were both very unexpected. There was no reasonable way that Jane and Vincent knew that there was lead posing as Franklin didn't know how poorly his expedition was going to turn out, which lead to his death as well as everyone else.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey that both Jane and Vincent take in "The Age of Lead". In the Franklin Expedition, 129 men had randomly vanished from their journey, and nobody was able to find them. Years later, 3 bodies were found preserved in ice. This is similar to the journey that Jane and Vincent take because they first had a good relationship, but then for years their relationship was off, almost as if they were preserved like the bodies in the ice.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey that Jane and Vincent take because it shows the process of their relationship

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In The Age of Lead and The Franklin Expedition, Vincent and the expedition were doomed from the beginning and their ends were unexpected and unknown. Vincent and those a part of the expedition had no idea what was coming, vincent was simply a young man living his life and those a part of the expedition were looking for a new route. There was nothing they could of done to prevent their deaths and thats the parallel tragedy we see with both.

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The discovery of John Torrington over a hundred years later and being released form the permafrost is parallel to the state of Jane and Vincent's relationship.The couple had been together for so long and as it progressed things suddenly got worse with no definitive reason like the cause of John Torrington's death.Upon the death of Vincent, Jane

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Jane and Vincent both lived naive lives filled with endless hope and joy despite their home lives. They loved the idea of a life without consequences, and as they grew older, that fantasy began to wear out. Unfortunately, sudden changes took a devastating toll on Jane and her perspective on life. After Vincent's death, she was left with an assortment of questions and lack of closure. Much like Jane and Vincent, the Franklin Expedition was highly anticipated and was presented as a fantasy that became a reality. So much hope was placed in this expedition, only for it to fail. I believe Atwood parallels the lives of Jane and Vincent to the Franklin Expedition to show the trauma that Jane went through after Vincent's death. Watching the documentary caused her to relive the pain of losing him without closure.

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At the beginning of the expedition there was excitement just as there was at the start of "The Age of Lead." In The Franklin Expedition the crew was ready to finally discover the unknown portion of the Northwest passage while in The Age of Lead

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Jane and Vincent's relationship mirrored that of the Franklin Expedition's doomed fate. In the beginning, there was an excitement and allure following both the expedition and Vincent and Jane's relationship. However, in the Franklin Expedition, people start dying of unknown ailments. Similarly, the people around Jane start dying, some of known causes and others, not. Similar to the questions surrounding the death of John Torrington, Jane is left grappling for truth when Vincent dies of unknown causes.
Atwood parallels the Franklin Expedition and the relationship between Jane and Vincent to signify the gravity of Jane's situation. The question of how the Franklin Expedition reached its perilous end mirrors the existential crisis Jane has and her thoughts of mortality as both the expedition and her relationship ends tragically.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey of both Jane and Vincent in the way that

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Jane is paralleled by John Torrington not in that she literally dies as a result of her surrounding pollution, but that she experiences the agony of the deaths of her friends as a bystander, completely powerless. After the death of Vincent, Jane undergoes ego death. She completely loses her subjective self identity, realizing that the physical world around her is entirely separate from her influence, just as the lives of her friends were and the lives of the explorers were to John Torrington.

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The Franklin Expedition is similar to the journey that Jane and Vincent take, as both the crew on the expedition as well as Vincent died mysteriously, leaving behind numerous unanswered questions. The doomed fate of the expedition as well as Jane and Vincent relationship are paralleled and emphasized through the use of this parallel

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The similarity between the Franklin Expedition, and Jane and Vincent in the "Age of Lead" is how the Expedition is a direct resemblance between the love and emotional connection between Jane and Vincent.

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The Franklin Expedition can relate to Jane and Vincent's story because jane ties vincent's death with torrington's death. They both had consequences

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The Franklin expedition was already destined for failure with the unknown fact that their canned food supply had lead poisoning. This correlates to Vincent's situation as he died from something unknown just like John Torrington had. The Franklin Expedition also highlights both Jane and Vincent's life together as it had not turned out the way Jane had thought it would. The Expedition ended in death as did Jane and Vincent's relationship. Not only did Vincent die of mysterious causes, their romantic relationship did as well since the story alluded to Vincent being gay.

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How is the Franklin Expedition similar to the journey that BOTH Jane and Vincent take in "The Age of Lead"?  Why does Atwood parallel the lives of Jane and Vincent with the Franklin Expedition?  Your answer MUST resemble a paragraph and MUST include specific information to prove that you have read the story.

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