Compare/Contrast Essay 'Stone Soup'

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According to the passage, “Nail Soup” and the poem “Stone Soup” address a very similar theme. They develop this theme by having similarities within the text. For example, in the beginning, they both showed the theme by saying in the poem, “They can into town battered and torn. The soldiers hungry and worn.” and in the passage “There was once a man plodding through the forest.” The man was also very tired. These two have the bid similarity of how in both stories, people were tired and looking for shelter, tieing the two together. It showed in both they were hungry, tired and looking for shelter. The man shown and the soldiers were shown to be desiring food, to cure their hunger. The soldiers went from door to door, but the man had stated

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