Comparing The Orphan Boy And The Elk Dog

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.

                    The theme of the story is to always know the truth behind your knowledge. The reason why this is the theme is  because his dad gave him knowledge about the place of the gods. After his dad gave him knowledge he eventually decided to go explore this place and he found that his knowledge was the opposite from the truth. The theme is that even though you may have knowledge about what  a person tells you, you should still find out the truth.

Our memories, thoughts and stories are what define us, and in the graphic novel the bull is depicted as leading us into a reminiscing state. A narrative quote about the boy is, “he was lead by the bull into a world of remembering”. The boy wanting to make his own stories and have his own adventures illustrates this quote and theme of remembering throughout the book. The boy does not think about where it is leading him only that the more he remembers the more he is able to grasp the situation he is in and comprehended what he needs to do. The novel follows two stories. One is the aboriginal woman and the other is of the boy. They are two very different stories but together they lead in to a reminiscing journey and then unite when the boy decides to make contact with the family that has lived for years with a tragedy that involved for them an unsolved mystery, a mystery for which he has the answer. The boy grows to love and respect the bull even though he knows he must destroy it. As he follows the

Andy ventures out on a hunting trip with her father, her father’s friend, Charlie and Charlie’s son, Mac. Not every character in the story signifies something special, but a few do. Andy, the protagonist is a young, eight year

New Directions provided a story with a strong theme of courage. That theme was brought out through the use of the plot, setting, and mood in this short

The day-long hunt is described vividly by the author; the deer flee in fear, "dashing through the dale, dazed with dread." The hunters shoot their arrows that "tore the tawny hide with their tapered heads." Hunting horns "like the cracking of cliffs their cries resounded," the horns making a loud sharp noise that explode. The day goes well and ends with the setting of the sun. This ends this segment of the hunt.

With just a bit of hope two siblings go on an intrepid journey across Kenya to find their disorientated family. In the novel Walking Home, Eric Walters writes about Muchoki and Jata who are two orphans that have been left alone to find their remaining family. These two siblings will face many friends and dangers on their journey. Even though they are brother and sister they are the best of friends. With the both of their compassionate attitudes they will mingle with affable people who wish to help them out.

This essay will be an analytical essay where the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon will be analyzed and interpreted. The focus will be on the language of the novel and the themes and messages.

This essay is my literary analysis of The Ophan Boy and The Elk Dog by Native Ameican (Blackfeet), this story is about a boy who was deaf and unwanted, who recovered and found love from his people. Proving himself by finding the mysterious Elk Dogs, and showing people that they were wrong about him. Discarded by his tribe, Long Arrow the main character of this short story,  lost his sister and found love from his tribe's chief. The chief, known as good running, then adopted the boy and began teaching him the ways of his people. The boy found the Elk Dogs to prove his worth to his people and himself.

My personal reactions to the book The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, were positive and enlightening. I would describe my reactions as enlightening because the content was written in a different perspective than I originally expected. This book is a small memoir of the author’s growth and development as a psychiatrist working with children suffering from severe trauma. It is rare to find a book so informative and practical and yet inspiring to read; I’m glad this was a required piece for this course.

Another interesting narrative is the fact that it is a narrative about a dog; this also gives you insight

Justin, who was discovered at age 6, had been raised as a dog by his primary caregiver. Being isolated and neglected, he displayed animal-like behavior, crouching, flinching, circling, and grunting. He was unable to walk or speak. He was not toilet trained and had a primitive concept of food, not likely to eat what is unfamiliar. He displayed signs of fear and frustration by throwing food and fecal matter at whomever he perceived as a threat. Justin was severely developmentally delayed in all three areas; cognitively, physically and psychosocially.

As I read more and more on the book it was mentioning ways on how to make bows and spears. It taught me how to make little huts out of raw materials. It also taught me how to navigate with just the stars. Throughout the story it talks about how both of them had to live in the wild and survive through the harsh climate in some regions. These were the three topics I found interesting while reading this

This "inimical" environment forces the characters to endure and survive (71). The heroes attain their status by using their knowledge of the land to survive the trials it presents. Secondly, horses are expected in Westerns; they are the props. Horses stand at hitching posts, carry the hero over the frontier’s rough terrain, allow the fleeing villain to outrun the pursuing posse, and represent "the heart and soul of a Western" (89-90). But, the essential component of the Western is the hero, the character. Without question, the hero must exude a certain spirit hinting at his physical capabilities, his fearlessness, and his ability to accomplish even the impossible. The Western values his actions over his words (50) and idealizes his physical strength (11). Interestingly, the West requires these heroes to have strength and to act assertively, but their ability to endure the West’s challenges actually molds them into heroes. The rough wilderness, the hero, whose presence dwarfs the robbers and townspeople alike, and the trademark horses that keep the hero in action, carrying him across the unfriendly terrain, provide a working basis on which to compare texts and the roles of the characters. Although Tompkins discusses these elements in the context of the modern Western, they also apply to the earlier texts and are the elements that survived

Both stories talks about how a dog is being portrayed as a slave by being a sled dog, how people treat animals harshly. The stories wanted to relay unto us that even animals wanted to be treated like humans and thus, should be respected the way we do it ourselves. At the end of the stories, Buck and White Fang learns to live on their own after the death of their loving masters whom they considered as their family, however, being killed brutally. It also depicts that one day, you will really have to learn how to live