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Where Pigeons Go To Die Analysis
Some of the things we talked about concerning the relationship between teenagers and older people are that friendships can be made at any age and age is just a number. In the books we read and movies we watched the older character was always so childish and immature. The younger character is always energetic and childish just like the older character. The two best friends do everything together and are with each other through everything. The story that mostly affected me was “Where Pigeons Go To Die,” because Hugh was always with his grandpa and loved him so much and when his grandpa died it must have been so hard for him because Hugh and his grandpa were so close. The story that resembles a relationship that I’ve had is “Where Pigeons Go

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