Taking Sides Movie Analysis

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In ELA we read the book Taking Sides, and watched a movie called McFarland. Both are very wonderful works and it had a pleasure to be able to enjoy them. They are similar yet different in many ways. For example, the main sports in Taking Sides was basketball, whereas McFarland had been more focused on cross-country. Another difference was their teamwork. McFarland had far more better teamwork between the members than Taking Sides. McFarland had reliance on their fellows and had trusted each other, while Taking Side had no whatever faith in each other. Most of the members on the team before Lincoln was there was hostile to Linc. On to the similarities. They both had sports as their main focus. They 2 had both taken place

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