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Us and Them Narrative

        Us and Them is about a family that does not watch television, and a kid starts to watch the family and is very interested in them. When the family without a television thinks it is halloween and knocks on the kids door, the neighbors take some of the children's candy. I like how the story's perspective is through a child's mind. The immaturity of the child and the curiosity of the kid is on point. 

      It must be really hard living without a TV. They probably have no idea what the president is like or what is going on in the world. The children probably feel isolated because when kids talk about their favorite TV show the children wouldn't know what to say. I would feel very left out if I didn't know what was going on in the world or if someone was talking about cool shows. 

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