Klebold Vs Mercurio

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How would Losing a child effect you? How about adopting a child with little time to think about it? These questions are the first thing that comes to mind when reading the articles. "I Will Never Know Why" article by Susan Klebold and Peter Mercurio's article "We Found Our Son In The Subway". When you first read these articles it seems that they have similarities. Although if you keep reading you see that they have major differences. Both of them have a purpose for writing their articles, have different family lifestyles, and have different outcomes. Both Klebold and Mercurio have a different purpose for writing their articles. The purpose of Klebold's article is to tell the story of her son Dylan's death and involvement in a school shooting.

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