A Long Walk To Water Analysis

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Although the movie “A Good Lie” and the book “ A Long Walk to Water” are very similar, they also have many differences. The stories talk about different perspectives of the war and how each of the characters went through that war and what they did when the Northern Governments destroyed their villages. They were forced to run away from their burnt villages in essence that if they stayed there, they would be killed. The characters are part of The Lost Boys in both stories and are on their way to the refugee camp.

In The Good Lie, It shows how a group of boys went through a war. Their names were Jeremiah, Mamere, and Paul. Their village was destroyed and were forced to leave their village, running away from the war. They were together, with

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