Both of these stories have a similar theme to them. The two may be about two completely different topics, but the themes could be like sisters. In the stories, “from Boy's Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable", both characters in the story want to be free. The characters are related in many different ways. The boy in the story "from Boy's Life" is excited to get out of school and go home for the summer, and the animal in the story "Emancipation: A Life Fable" took a chance in the wild and then was excited to be there. There are some very defined details in these stories that are more similar then you would think. Both characters in these stories are acting in a certain manner where they are confused and seem almost indecisive about whether