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“The Unknown Citizen” and “Warren Pryor” are similar in that they both make sacrifices. “The Unknown Citizen” is about a man who sacrifices everything to fit in and “Warren Pryor” is about a man who sacrifices his happiness for his family. When people make too many sacrifices, they lose their individuality and turn into a statistic.
The ultimate sacrifice is giving up what you love. Warren Pryor is a hardworking farm boy who is fascinated and devoted to the farm and that kind of life. Whereas, in The Unknown Citizen a man sacrifices his freedom and ultimately his life to fit in. The Unknown Citizen was “found by the Bureau of Statistics to be one against whom there was no official complaint,” he was alive but never experienced life. Everything
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