Differences And Similarities Between The Bass The River And Sheila Mant

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Love Problems There are many differences and similarities between the narrators but the two characters had many similarities even though their stories don’t end the same and the characters learned very good life lessons. A couple of the differences that the narrators had were very obvious. One of the most obvious was that in “The Bass, The River, & Sheila Mant” the narrator was a boy. In “Lessons Of Love” the narrator was a girl. Another obvious differences was that he lived in a country out in the wilderness. She lives in the city. So now for the not so obvious the two narrators learned two different themes. He learned to not change yourself other people. She learned not to judge a book by its cover. Now going on to the similarities. A

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