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Throwing Rocks At The Cat Analysis
The movie and story are so different. In the story the boy was throwing rocks at the cat. In the movie it didn’t say anything about him throwing rocks. The kidnappers hiding spot was a cave in the story.in the movie they were in the woods. They offered red chief a Kandy bar in the story. In the movie they just stuffed him in a box. A kid mailed the ransom letter in the movie in the story they had a mail guy. Red chief burnt bill in the movie. In the story he didn’t burn bill. They kidnapped the kid in the morning. Bill said we are playing Indian in the movie and the story. Jonny scalped bill in the movie and the story. Payed money to the dad in both in the story and movie. The boy made bill act like a horse. They
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