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Comparing The Short Stories 'Borders And Rules Of The Game'

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Noah Becker Mrs. Byrne English 3-4 18 March 2024 Do you ever wonder if you could illustrate a theme in different ways? The short stories Borders and Rules of the Game both portray the theme of past vs American culture, but Borders presents the theme in a different way. Both short stories portray the theme of past vs American culture through pride, but Thomas King also portrays the theme through conflict. Thomas King depicted the theme of Past vs American culture in his short story Borders through the conflict between the mother and her daughter. When the mom argues with her daughter, it shows the Blackfoot culture of the mother conflicting with the new American ways that the daughter wants to adopt. While driving towards the border between
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