Boy's Life Figurative Language

Freedom
Freedom. This is the theme that both the excerpt from Boy’s Life and the fable “Emancipation: A Real Life Fable” have. Each approach the theme is a different way though. For example, Boy’s Life makes the reader feel about the freedom from school and “Emancipation: A Real Life Fable” makes them think about how they have to get through life with their parents always behind the reader and helping them, but suddenly, getting their freedom from them. Also, this fable helps people open up their eyes about life. Freedom comes at a price. Comparatively, Boy’s Life makes the reader feel the anticipation about leaving school and getting the whole summer to do whatever they wanted without getting held back by work and teachers. But then the

For example, in each text, the main character didn’t hesitate to leave the place they were trapped in when they got the opportunity to. According to McCammon, “...and I realized suddenly that I was free.” This refers to the excitement of leaving school and finally starting summer. Also, both texts use figurative language to show the theme. According to Chopin, “So out the opening he thrusts his head, to see the canopy of the sky grow broader, and the world waxing wider.” This refers to the setting of when the unknown animal leaves the cage he once knew as home. Comparatively, both texts make you think about your own life experiences. Whether if it’s leaving school on the last day or leaving your parents to go out and live life without their help. Also, the unknown animal lives, seeking, finding, joying, and suffering (Chopin). The reader can conclude that even though the unknown animal suffered, he still found joy and happiness in

While Boy’s Life used similes, onomatopoeia, and metaphors, “Emancipation” used a lot more imagery and set the scene. According to Boy’s Life, “Time, the king of cruelty.” One could infer that time was not on his side and he was very impatient about getting out of school. Chopin states, “...he saw above and about him confining walls, and before him were the bars of iron through which came air and light from without; this animal was born in a cage.” The reader can really imagine the iron bar cage that the unknown animal was born into from this imagery. In addition, the unknown animal in “Emancipation” seems to learn something more than Cory did in Boy’s Life. After being in a cage and given everything for so long, the unknown animal finally got free, but learned that freedom does come at a price of joy and suffering (Chopin). This explains that the animal still had joy, but had to have an equal amount of suffering too. Also, Cory was let go from his classroom later than everyone else, but learned nothing from what his teacher said about the writing competition. He kinda just brushed it off and left before his teacher could stop him again. Furthermore, people can learn more from “Emancipation” than they can from Boy’s Life. According to Chopin, “Back to his corner but not to rest, for the spell of the Unknown was over him, and again and again he goes out the open door, seeing each time more Light.” The author shows us