Analysis Of Boys Life By Cory Tickson

The theme of the two articles is hardship "Boys Life"and "Emancipation". They have several things that are alike and several things that are different. They are both about two mammals being free. A human and one animal. In the beginning of “Boys Life” it starts of by saying “TICK……TICK……TICK”. The boys name is Cory Mackenson which is the narrator of the story. In the article it says, “In spite of what the calendar says, I have always counted the last day of school as the first day of summer. The sun had grown steadily hotter and hung longer in the sky had cleared of all but the fleeciest of clouds.The heat panted for attention like a dog who knows his day is coming”. So Cory is experiencing the last day of school, and his teacher is holding
him back from going out to summer. Also in the article it says, “Well we are at least moving. But then, as the classroom emptied and I could hear the wild hollering echoing along the hallway, Mrs Neville said, Cory Mackenson? Step to my desk please”. But he realizes his teacher Mrs. Neville has nothing to do over the summer. She has nothing to grade nothing to pass out and all of the desks were empty. At the end he ran out into the golden sunlight. For the story “Emancipation” It starts of bye saying “He saw above and about him confiding walls, and before him were bars of iron.Though which came air and light from without; this animal was born in a cage” There is one of the similarities.Here are some differences the boy wasn’t born in a cage and the animal was. And the animal had the option to escape when the cage was open. At the end of both stories they escape and explore the world.