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Comparing Walk Two Moons And The Guest
Don’t judge someone until you really know them was a life lesson learned in the book Walk Two Moons, By sharon creech and the short story “The Guest,” by Uma krishnaswami. Both of the stories show the theme don’t judge someone by their appearance because you don’t know what they're going through. Even though they have the same theme, the authors show the life lesson in different ways.

In Walk Two moons they show the life lesson don’t judge someone by using words, thoughts, and feelings. When phoebe says” That’s what I am telling you first there is the name cadaver.” “ You know what cadaver means?.... It means dead body. …… have you ever wondered what happened to mr. cadaver. This shows that phoebe thinks that Mrs.cadaver

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