Comparing The Golden Curse And Can Money Buy Happiness

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In the two stories The Golden Curse and the story Can Money Buy Happiness? The important lesson or theme learned is money cannot buy happiness. Some differences between the two stories in the story Can Money Buy Happiness? the story happened to a real person and in the other story it was a myth involving gods. In The Golden Curse the effect of the situation had negative impact on his daughter different than the story Can Money Buy Happiness? because the situation had a positive reaction after it was changed. Some similarities between the two stories are they both solve the problem, they both felt the impact and it was life changing. The first difference between the two stories I choose was the story The Golden Curse had a god involved in the

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