Comparing The Amazing Penguin Rescue And The Seabird Chronicle

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Every single year many penguins are affected by oil spills. Oil spills affect more than 82,000birds, 6,000 sea turtles, 25,900 marine mammals and more. Around 2012 to 2013 there were more than 97,135 oil spills. “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicle” have many similarities and differences like time and conflict.
One similarity between “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” and “The Seabird Chronicle” is conflict. “The Amazing Penguin Rescues” conflict is character vs. society. In this story there is a oils spill and the penguins were in danger. An example is “The oil spill hit the largest breeding ground,” (Tarshis, 16). This quote is important, because it tells you why the penguins are in danger. “The Seabird Chronicles” conflict

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