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A Comparison Of Two Stories Of Kidnappers
These two stories are in some ways alike and then in some ways different. I will first discuss the ways

they are alike. The first way they are alike, is that in both the stories the kidnappers want money, and they

intend to get it by kidnapping young children of wealthy parents. Both the kidnappers figured that by

kidnapping these rich kids they could get more money. Another way both of the kidnappings were the same was

that both of the children caused the kidnappers some kind of grief. The kidnappings are the same in yet another

way two, In the end both of the kidnappers don’t get the money.

Now I will discuss the ways that these two stories are different. The first is that there is a big age

difference between


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