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Me and Martha from Lost boy, lost girl have a few similarities. Both of us share our family structure and our lifestyles. Martha’s lifestyle is very unique. Martha is part of a Dinka tribe. Her whole world changes when a civil war breaks out in Sudan. She has to escape the militia before they get to her and her sister Tabitha. Already you can see that Martha will have to stay close to her sister and depend on her “family’” to help take care of them. From the story you can see that Martha loves her sister, she would do anything for her sister, and so would I. My relationship with my sisters would be similar to hers. Me and my older sister would take of my younger sister. Although I never been in the same situation, I can imagine that me and

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