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A Comparison Of How A Former KK Member And Two Men Meet Five Times

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How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends or Two Men Meet Five Times: which story fulfills the author's intent the best? When comparing both works of media, they both branch into similar storylines. One narrative, How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends, explains the inspiring journey of how Buckley, a former KKK (Ku Klux Klan) member, and Kelli, a Syrian refugee, formed a friendship despite their historical differences. The other narrative, Two Men Meet Five Times, dwells into how two men, Allister and Samir, learn to have empathy regardless of racial background over the course of meeting five times. Aside from the similarities, they differ from genre, with How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends being a nonfiction article and Two Men Meet Five Times being a realistic fiction short …show more content…

But when comparing the two, How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends executes tone, theme, and overall impact exceptionally well than Two Men Meet Five Times because of the author's use of language, the author's use of ongoing contextual tropes, and the story's over-arching message. Firstly, How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends articulates it's use of tone more productively than Two Men Meet Five Times. When reading How a Former KKK Member and a Muslim Refugee Became Friends, it's apparent that the author uses a well-fitting vocabulary for covering the topic. But when analyzing the use of language in said topic, the author leaves quite a bit of underlying information of how they want the readers to interpret their feelings. For example, when the author describes the result of Buckley's involvement with the KKK, the author states that "Buckley's family was in crisis" and "hearing [Buckley's] name was like hearing about a ghost"

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