Literary Essay

In the L/L writing class, we are learning how to write a literature essay. I choosed to write about "The Prison" themes.

The Prison" wrtitten by Bernard Malamud, is about a boy named Toby who has to work in a candy store and every Monday a little girl goes to the store to buy stuff. This essay will be about the themes of the story, "Life as prison" and "Hope for a change"

On one hand, in the theme "Life as prison", Tomy's life is represnted as a prison where he has to do things that did not enjoy. He has a miserable life, because he want to do something, but he ends up doing the other way. He is a very troublemaker, he made something bad, and now he has to pay for it. For example, in one part of the story it says "He found himself thinking about the way his life had turned out"

On the other hand, "Hope for a change" refers to change the attituded of this little girl. Tomy has to change the girl's actioms because of what she has done, so that she does not make the same mistakes he did and end up like him. Because she will regret it for her entire life. An example for this is "But he worried he would not know what to say to her". And also when Tomy escapes to Texas at the beggining, hoping that his father's opinion of what he have to do, change.

All in all, these themes "Life as prison" and "Hope for a change" fit perfectly in the story, in my opinion, because tomy has a life did not choosed and hope to change his and the little girl's life.