Boy's Life Fable Passages

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In the passages "Boy's Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable", there are very similar themes. Both passages are about the same thing: freedom. Although, both passages arrive at the theme differently.

The theme in "Boy's Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable", is that in having freedom, joy can be found. This is revealed in different ways, but in both, it can be discovered easily. The passages both have relatively the same general topic, since they both are about having your own freedom. The theme is revealed in plain to see ways, as demonstrated in both passages.

In "Boy's Life", the story describes a short time before the school bell rings, letting all the anxious students out of school for summer. Cory wishes to be free of the burden of school, and must only wait a few minutes for that to come true for him. As stated in the passage, "What adventures my friends and I would find this summer of 1964..." (para 5). This explains the adventures that Cory wants to have with his friends, and he needs the freedom of school to achieve the adventures. Luckily, Cory didn't have to wait much longer, for the bell rang in …show more content…

The animal lives comfortably in the cage, until one day, the animal finds the cage door open. Faced with the internal conflict of deciding whether or not to leave the safety of the cage, the animal must make the hard decision. Nevertheless, drawn to the light and the outside, the animal decides to venture out of the cage, and never comes back. As stated in the passage, "So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering." (para 8). This explains how the animal now lives outside the cage, with freedom. The theme is revealed through the animal being able to get out of the cage and have his freedom. The reader connects with the passage by being put in the shoes of the animal. Having the feeling of being caged up lets the reader connect with the passage and the

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