The two passages, "Boy's Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable," both share similar events and how they are solved. They both share a similar theme, but the authors approaches that theme different ways. The theme that these two stories convey is, with a little bit of hope big things could happen. Boy's Life conveys this theme in many different ways. One way is by showing how Cory was extremely nervous when Mrs. Neville called him back to her desk. This can tell us that he wanted the conversation to be over and done with: this resmbles his hope. Another way is telling the story, "Having your teacher talk to like a regular person is a disconcerting feeling," this can tell us that the teacher felt very passionate for him and the contest. The