Cold Sassy Compare And Contrast

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In many ways Cold Sassy Georgia relates to the small town of Silex, Missouri. Silex is a small town in Lincoln County, Missouri with a meager population of 187 people. The town likes to stick to tradition and gossip spreads fast throughout the small amount of people there. This is very much like Cold Sassy, Georgia. Of course there are many small differences between the two town like types of vehicles and types of clothing, but there are many similarities between the people of Silex and the people of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy and Silex have many resemblances, and also many differences. Cold Sassy, Georgia is like Silex in many different ways. They have a small general store that everyone can go to and meet up, just like Silex has Scotty’s gas

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