Comparing Boy's Life And Emancipation: A Life Fable

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Matthew Levine 01/03/17 Period 3 Mrs. Riis

A similar theme that both Boy's Life and "Emancipation: A Life Fable" share is freedom is a gift that you need to work for. This means that someone has to do something in order to be set free. In both passages, the main character has to work in order to have fun and be free. These passages use many similar and different approaches to develop this theme. This theme will always be relative to the world in all places.

In Boy's Life, the author uses Cory Mackenson to convey this theme. This boy is trying to be free from school. Cory Mackenson must work well in school to get out. This is stated in paragraph 5, "I had passed my math exam, and escaped--with a C-minus average, if truth must be known--the snarling trap of summer school." Cory Mackenson needed to work hard to pass his math exam. The text also states in paragraph 31, "I ran out into the golden sunlight, and my summer had begun." Cory now gets to enjoy being free and having fun during his summer, instead of going to summer school. …show more content…

The animal grows up in a cage, unaware of what was outside. After growing strong, he woke up to find the cage opened. He is curious, but scared. After a few days, he leaps out to find the hardships of his new life. This is stated in paragraph 7, "Hungering there is no food but such as he must seek and ofttimes fight for; and his limbs are weighted before he reaches the water that is good to his thirsting throat." The animal must work very hard in his new life. The text also states in paragraph 8, "So does he live, seeking, finding, joying, and suffering." The animal is certainly happy to be free from the cage and in the

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