Compare And Contrast The Following Passage Two Of The Boston Massacre

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Passage two of The Boston Massacre is better than Passage one of The Boston Massacre. Passage two has more details about the Boston Massacre than passage one. The way the soldiers and the young men speak is made to understand that it was in an older time instead of just being told. In passage one nothing was really explained but in passage two it was explained better. Passage two is better than passage one.

Passage two has more details than passage one. In passage two said how the young men were rude and ended up with multiple people throwing ice and snowballs at the soldiers. Passage 2 states “The wrongs and insults, which the people had been suffering for many months, now rekindled them into rage. They threw snow-balls and lumps of ice …show more content…

In passage one you are told the date instead of showing that it was an older time. Passage one states “Boston in 1770 had no street lamps . Monday, March 5th,was a cold and moonlit night.” But in passage two the way it was shown was through the way they speak. Passage two states “ For Heaven's sake, sir,” exclaimed he , “take heed what you do, or here will be bloodshed.” and that was how passage two made it seem older instead of saying it was older.

In passage one nothing was really explained but in passage two it was explained better. In passage two said how the young men were rude and ended up with multiple people throwing ice and snowballs at the soldiers. Passage two states “The young men, being boston boys, felt as if they had a right to walk their own streets, without being accountable to a british red-coat, even though he challenged them in King George's name. They made some rude answer to the sentinel.” “The wrongs and insults, which the people had been suffering for many months, now rekindled them into rage. They threw snow-balls and lumps of ice at the soldiers.As the tumult grew louder, it reached the ears of Captain Preston, the officer of the day.” “ They marched across the street, forcing their way roughly through the crowd, and pricking the towns-people with their bayonets.” But in passage one it states “After striking one of the young

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