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The Sniper, Ambush, And The Most Dangerous Game

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Literary Analysis Collection 1 In the stories “The Sniper”, “Ambush”, and “The Most Dangerous Game” there are a lot of similarities and differences in each of the stories. In this essay, I will explain to you the similarities and differences of each story. One similarities of the stories are in the setting and it’s how the characters had to fight back to survive. Each character was part in a harsh environment where they had to fight or they could have been killed. The characters were all caught between making hard decisions. The settings were making each character fend for their life. The setting also had differences in the stories as well. The story “Ambush” the father was torn between having to kill someone or not where the other two

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