Bella Bravo

Bella Bravo

Literary Analysis

Have you ever felt like you are a butterfly trapped into a glass jar , not being able to spread your wings and go wherever the wind takes you ? If so you are being deprived of your freedom, which can deprive you of the choice of where you can go, and your potential in life.The Count of Monte Cristo and Blessings  explore the theme of freedom in different ways.

The first way  the author of The Count of Monte Cristo explores the theme of freedom is how  when Edmond Dantes was in a prison for over four years , he started to starve himself because he gave up  fighting for the thing he desired most, freedom . His hope had finally ran dry but one night he heard a scratching noise and slowly his hope was regaining consciousness. “It was a continual scratching, as if made by a huge claw, a powerful tooth, or some iron instrument attacking the stone.” This quote is a second way how the author, Alexandre Dumas , incorporates the characters desire for freedom. “ Although weakened, the young man’s brain instantly responded to the idea that haunts all prisoners----liberty.”  This quote shows that everyone , even prisoners, want and believe they deserve freedom, and this is also the third way how the author puts the theme freedom into his writing.  The Count of Monte Cristo illustrates the theme of freedom in many different ways.

The first way the author of Blessings explores the theme of freedom is how the characters Jessie and Rene just want to escape from their everyday , uncreative life and express themselves artistically . Rene saw the view and immediately thought a way how to express it artistically . “ Man, I’ve got to bring my paints up here.” The second way that the author, Mary Hall Surface , incorporated the theme freedom was how one of the characters, Rene wanted to be by himself because he understands himself better that way. “Being by myself. I understand me when everyone else is lost. (Jessie laughs.) Let’s go back.” This quote shows that people don’t have to physically be in a prison to want freedom. Jessie and Rene both aren’t in a prison but want freedom to express themselves artistically.  The passage , Blessings by Mary Hall Surface illustrates the theme freedom in many different ways.

In conclusion I believe that in the passages, Blessings and The Count of Monte Cristo,  have the theme of freedom. The characters in these passages want to escape their everyday lives and express themselves. In the Count of Monte Cristo , Edmond just wants to get out of the prison he has been in for four years and be free . And in Blessings , Rene and Jesse just want to escape their everyday lives and express themselves in their own ways artistically. Have you ever felt this way? Wanting to be free of everything? Whether it is stress , strict parents, or expectations , never lose hope like Edmond ,  be a butterfly and spread your wings.