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Boy's Life: Cory Mackenson
In the two passages it talks about being patient and knowing that the time you are waiting for will come. Being patiently means to wait either excitedly or even scared because or never know whether it will be good or bad, happy or sad. The two passages show that anything can happen, you just have to try your hardest. You can always succeed as you have your mind set on your dreams and do whatever you have to do to achieve your dreams.
In the passage "Boy's Life" it is in the year 1964 when Cory Mackenson is waiting for summer vacation and he can’t control his excitement. As soon as the bell rang Cory was just about to walk out the classroom when Mrs. Neville stopped him and told him to step to her desk. When Cory stepped to her desk, he had
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Neville is talking about. Then she tells him how the Arts Council sponsors it every August. When they finish talking Cory and Mrs. Neville say goodbye to each other and Cory runs out the room. Cory then gets his summer started and thinks about doing the contest. Cory entered the contest and while he was waiting for his turn to go up, he noticed Mrs. Neville in the judges’ podium. He then realized she was one of the judges’ and that’s why she wondered if he was doing the contest. He did his best to show her what he can really do with a little bit of hard work. In the fable "Emancipation: A Life fable" it talks about any animal that was born in a cage. One day the animal sees more light than it is used to, so the animal walks over to it and figures out it is actually a door left open. The animals ran back to its corner, but not to sleep to hide. It makes a hard decision and decides to make a run for it.
The animal makes a run for it and escapes to find out it was now in the wild. The animal as to grow stronger and learn how to hunt and do all the stuff animals do in the wild. What the animal has been very brave to the animal it was probably a life or death situation so the animal chose quickly and got free. Now the animal is free in the wild and doesn’t live in a cage anymore. Animal can now reproduce with another animal of that same kind and have babies. It is going to live the rest of its life out to the fullest and be happy and healthy.

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