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David And Goliath Vs Casey At Bat Essay
In the poem “Casey at Bat” and story “David and Goliath,” a comparison of David and Casey shows differences and similarities. In both stories they are not scared. IN “Casey at bat” he sat here and let the first two balls go and in “David and Goliath,” David walk right out and challenged Goliath. If David don't win his village will be taken over and if Casey doesn't get a home run he will lost the game. They are both confident. I know because in the story “Casey at bat” he let the good pichet go right past him. Casey was over confident because he lat the balls go right past him and in the story “David and Goliath,” David had no problem going out there with just a stick a sling. They are both confident because they went out there with no problem

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