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This essay discuss about the similar things that they both had when they were at camp. The two stories both of them had a tag on them and on their bag. In both of the stories they had replace their name with tags. They didn’t want to remember their name so they just a tag with number on them so it would be easier to call them. The narrator states, “each family was given a number, and that became our official designation until the camp were closed.” Basically, the narrator is saying that everyone has a number and it is their ticket to camp. The narrator is confused because she didn’t know why she and her family were given number tags. They are treated like animal with tags on them even though they are human beings. American doesn’t care about

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