Gender Differences: The Similarities Between Phoebe And Sal

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There are two girls, Phoebe and Sal, both of whom are thirteen. Sal and Phoebe are both close friends, go to the same school, and they both lost a brother. When Gram and Gramps asks Sal to tell a story about a friend, Sal immediately thinks of Phoebe. This infers that Sal thinks of Phoebe as a close friend. Also during Sal’s story she says Phoebe invites her to dinner, even though they haven’t been friends for a very long time. During Sal’s story about Phoebe she says that they are in the same class. Lastly, Sal lost her sibling because he died in Sal’s mother’s womb. Phoebe lost her brother because he was put up for adoption. Even so, they are also different from each other. Sal is from the country while Phoebe is from the city.