Loss in The Secret Lion by Rios

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The Secret Lion Reality Bites We all have gone through it: patiently we wait for our name to be announced, lining up one by one. Soon, it will be our turn and realize that we must take the leap and face our destiny. As you consider what this means, you look back at the memories you have created in this sanctuary, but now your time has ended and you will have to move on. Finally, your name is called and you are presented a book of achievement. This book will open new doors for opportunity, however, it also closes your childhood memories of school, friends, and pep rallies. Today, you have graduated and a new life of adulthood awaits you, while the old one is stuffed into an old high school year book. In his story, “The Secret Lion,” Alberto Alvaro Rios portrays the concerns of a young boy and his friend Sergio, are coming to believe that everything they have enjoyed will eventually be taken from them. It constantly shows this through a series of events that take place that seem to begin when they are reaching their junior high school years. Through no fault of their own, t...

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