Both the passage of Boy's Life and the fable Emancipation: A Life Fable keeps various themes within the passages. Both keep in mind one's strive for freedom, but both convey the message in different ways. The character Cory from Boy's Life is a schoolchild in 1964, waiting for summer recess to begin. More importantly, he is human, a contrast to Emancipation: A Life Fable's character. Emancipation: A Life Fable uses an animal (presumably a lion or type of feline) to show how one is drawn by curiosity to freedom. Although both passages' characters are different physically, both mostly have the same thought of what they want to do.
The passage of Boy's Life by Robert McCammon introduces Cory, a schoolboy who seems to have a talent for writing. The story takes place on the last day of school before the summer …show more content…
Cory, unlike Emancipation’s animal, is a civilized human and has different goals in mind besides surviving. But, like the animal, he still has emotion and feels impatient at the beginning of the story, only to feel understood by Mrs. Neville near the end of the passage. Cory knows what he is going to do during his summer, unlike the animal. Mrs. Neville even points out Cory’s writing talent; but a side character was never introduced in Emancipation: A Life Fable.
In Emancipation: A Life Fable, the story’s main character is nursed in confinement. Unaware of what is waiting for him in the future, the animal’s curiosity takes a hold and the animal bolts out the unwarily open door. The animal knows nothing of life outside of his comforting cage, but quickly learns to adapt to the wilderness. Unlike Cory, the animal has never felt this free or, for that matter, even felt emotion. The animal can now feel a sense of pride in its accomplishments, even though it must work to survive. The animal, knowing of these feelings, never enters his barred prison
The passage of Boy's Life by Robert McCammon introduces Cory, a schoolboy who seems to have a talent for writing. The story takes place on the last day of school before the summer …show more content…
Cory, unlike Emancipation’s animal, is a civilized human and has different goals in mind besides surviving. But, like the animal, he still has emotion and feels impatient at the beginning of the story, only to feel understood by Mrs. Neville near the end of the passage. Cory knows what he is going to do during his summer, unlike the animal. Mrs. Neville even points out Cory’s writing talent; but a side character was never introduced in Emancipation: A Life Fable.
In Emancipation: A Life Fable, the story’s main character is nursed in confinement. Unaware of what is waiting for him in the future, the animal’s curiosity takes a hold and the animal bolts out the unwarily open door. The animal knows nothing of life outside of his comforting cage, but quickly learns to adapt to the wilderness. Unlike Cory, the animal has never felt this free or, for that matter, even felt emotion. The animal can now feel a sense of pride in its accomplishments, even though it must work to survive. The animal, knowing of these feelings, never enters his barred prison