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In this essay it’ll show you about 2 stories that have members of the dinosaur family. In the stories these members of the dinosaur family are predators. Also in this essay it’ll be comparing the setting, main characters, and conflicts between “Being Prey” and “The Sound of Thunder”
The setting between “Being Prey” and “A Sound of Thunder”. The setting is different because “Being Prey” in the swamp. In “The Sound of Thunder” is in the jungle. They are similar because they both are dangerous. They are also similar because the people shouldn’t be there. They are also different in the predators, “Being Prey’ has crocodiles. In the story “The Sound of Thunder” the predator is a T-Rex. The similarities and differences between the main characters.

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