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The Stranger And Jackie: Similarities And Differences
Today I will be comparing and telling the differences about 2 stories named jackie the strike out queen and The stranger. Similarities and differences The Stranger and Jackie are alike because they both face a challenge in the story The Stranger The Stranger faces challenge of getting hit by a Car. In the meantime the Story Jackie the strike out Queen struck out two of the best players on the New York Yankees. The players names were Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig .In both stories they had unexpected events. In Mighty Jackie the strike out Queen She struck out two of the best players and she didn't think she was going to do that and they won the match.The unexpected event In the

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