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A Letter Home Vs Waiting For Dan
In the two texts "A letter home" and "Waiting for Dan" it has come to my attention that there are plenty of similarities but also many differences between the two stories in the text.

In the two texts "A letter home" and "Waiting for Dan" there are a few similarities that string along between the two texts as well as there are differences. In the text "A letter home" the story is basically all about people's feelings and how they feel about the military raiding Cambodia, "any students were outraged when they heard that U.S. soldiers had invaded Cambodia on April 30." (chap.2). The story was about the emotions and feelings of the Kent University students and how they were frustrated with the decisions the government decided to make. In

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