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In the end, "Lissa, Amateur" is a study of the "fool self" Evans references in her book’s title. Lissa is not a failure because she is an amateur; she is struggling because she is trying to navigate a world that demands she be "over it" before she has even begun to process it. The story concludes not with a neat resolution, but with a realization: Lissa must eventually stop rehearsing and start living in the discomfort of her own skin. Grief cannot be performed; it must be felt, and until Lissa puts down the script of the cynical amateur, she will remain a ghost in her own life. Was this the focus you needed?
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The Performance of Survival: Grief and Identity in "Lissa, Amateur" In the end, "Lissa, Amateur" is a study
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