Similarities In West Side Story

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Some people from different groups sometimes have the same similarities. They will know later how they will change and they will react to the world in a different way. In the story, “West Side Story”, by Stephen Sondheim, conflict results from groups with their differences, but they also have some similarities. West Side Story is a musical that is based on love. When two people from different groups. But the gangs that don’t like each other are the Jets and the Sharks. They are discriminated by each other. The three main character traits that the two opposing gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, actually have in common are love, Prejudice, and acceptance.

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