Comparison Of Barrio Boy And A Day's Wait

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Max
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September 26, 2016

In this Comparative and contrast essay I compare the story Barrio Boy and the story A Day’s Wait. These story are both have Unique attributes and themes which I will explain later. In my opinion both of the stories were decent and had a pretty good ending.

This paragraph is going to be about the similarities between the stories. One similarity is both of the characters experience fear, as well as the emotion anxiety. Another similarity between the two stories is they both have supportive figures within the situation they experience. The final comparison I am listing is both of the stories involved the narrator's personal thoughts and actions.

In this paragraph I am going to list three of the differences

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