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     The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare, clearly portrays that people should embrace one another despite their differences. When the Native Americans saved Matt from the bees, drowning, and injuring his ankle, they were showing that they were embracing Matt, even though he was a Colonist. Both The Sign of the Beaver and Rules, by Cynthia Lord, depict that people should embrace others. In The Sign of the Beaver, Matt and Attean, a Native American, learn to get along with each other. In Rules, Catherine learns to get along David and his disabilities. Catherine also learns to embrace Jason and his disability to speak.