The Ravine: Similarities Between Joe-Boy And Vinny

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Joe-boy and Vinny are friends in the short story “The Ravine” and they are different and similar in many ways. Vinny is scared because the author wrote at on page he is at the picipist of a cliff. on page six through seven Vinny is nice because he listened to his friends that also means he is loyal. I read on page six through he is disrespectful listen to his mom. Those are the reasons Vinny is different.

Vinny’s friend Joe-boy however is cruel, mean and crazy, one example from the text is He is mean page four because he is picking on vinny some this he said is “hey, you going to be the one to find his body” and “you prob’ly stepping right where his foot was”. Joe-boy cruel because i inferred he does not care for the boy That died. The

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