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Comparing Boy's Life And A Life Fable

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Whether you’re an animal in a cage or a boy on the last day of school, freedom is important. This is the theme of the passage from Boy’s Life written by Robert McCammon and the story “Emancipation: A Life Fable” written by Kate Chopin. The passage is about a boy named Cory who is in class on the last day of school, so eager to be free and “A Life Fable “ is about an animal who was born in a cage which eventually is opened and the animal leaves and realizes it's happier than before. These two stories both come to the same theme of how important freedom is, but in different ways. These two stories seem so different, but they have some similarities on how they come to the conclusion of freedom. To start, there are many differences. For one they approach the theme with two different settings. The setting in Boy’s Life was a classroom and the setting of “A Life Fable” is a cage. The setting plays a huge role because it’s what the main characters are trying to get away from. The …show more content…

One similarity between the two stories is they both show that no matter if it’s getting out of a cage, out of school, or even out of an uncomfortable pair of pants, freedom is so much better than without, and even if you don't desire it, it will change your life or your day, depending. Another similarity between them, is that they both come straight out with the theme. In Boy’s Life they come out and say it when the author says, “I ran out along the corridor, my arms unencumbered by books, my mind unencumbered by facts and figures, quotations and dates.” This shows you upfront the boy was very happy to be free. In “A Life Fable” this is shown when the author states, “So does he live, seeking, finding, joying, and suffering.” This also states very clearly even though the animal went through hardships freedom was better. These are most of the similarities between the two stories and how the approached their

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