Amigo Brothers Literary Analysis

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The Elements of Amigo Brothers
Amigo Brothers is a story about two really close friends who are pitted against each other in a boxing match. Now even thought this story is simple, it has many elements that makes it a story. Ranging from the underlying tone to the overall message, the literary elements are what helps shape the story. In this paper we’ll be going over all of the literary elements that make Amigo brothers, starting with theme
The way we are told a story is through a point of view. The point of view for Amigo Brothers is third person omniscient. The story proves that the point of view is third person omniscient by not have any instance of the words “I, me, and myself” . In addition the narrator knows everything about the characters

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