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Michelle I Know Poem
The story “The Michelle I know” by Alison Lohans and the song “Skin,Sarabeth” sung by Rascal Flatts has both similarities and differences in the phrases and lyrics. One of the similarities between the song and the story is that both the girls had Leukemia. They were both in the hospital and they were being treated for the Leukemia. Another similarity is that both of them had lost their hair because of the chemotherapy they had to go through. The most important similarities are that both of the girls were scared about what was going to happen but, they didn’t let the fear control them. The first difference that was found was that in the song Sarabeth was always thinking about dancing but, in the story Michelle can only think about how
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