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Abuelito Who Comparison
The short story “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who” are both literary works of art that contain similarities and differences. There are many key points of similarity and difference such as characters, theme, genre, change in characters, events, and message expressed by theme. The major key points of these two literary works of art that contain the most similarity and difference are characters, genre, and message expressed by theme.
The similarity of the characters in “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who” is they both contain elderly males as the main character. In each title, there is a type of name for elder male, such as grandfather and Abuelito. Another similarity is that there is a

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