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I Am The Messanger And Nick Cutter's The Troop

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The daunting face of fear is a situation in which both characters from Markus Zusak 's I am the Messanger and Nick Cutter 's the Troop are thrown into. Even though both books are opposites of each other, one dealing with a bio weapon and the other dealing with finding one 's true potential, in both books characters find their own ways to either face or crumble against their fears. Fears cause changes in courage, compassion and spirituality in
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