The Box Man Analysis

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In the story of “The Box Man” Barbara Lazear Ascher is a story about a homeless man who Aschers conception is living alone. Does that mean the Box Man is lonely? She shows it through comparing and contrasting the Box Man to characters in the story. Ascher thinks freedom is an important thing. “She states that someone can do worse then collecting box”.(pg21). Also, no one is forcing him to do so. He wasn’t homeless or in debt to anyone and Ascher didn’t explain what his situation was. There are possible evidence of things we can think of, why The Box Man chooses to do this. For the phrase above, I would have to say I agree to this statement because there are a couple of answer I already stated in the second paragraph. Another reason…show more content…
Ascher is comparing the Boxcar Children to the Box Man to see how their lives are similar in some ways, to see how carefree they are and how the Box Man is so carefree on the things he do. An example of Logos is shown on page 9 paragraph 18, “The Box Man welcomes the night, opens to it like a lover. He moves in darkness and prefers it that way.” This phrase explains a little about the Box Man. It shows what kind of person The Box Man is, a man that doesn’t like crowded areas and chooses to go out on a dark night instead of a bright sunny day. I say in a bit, that I am like the Box Man, because I like to work independently. I like to work for things instead of depending on others to help out. I don't like to depend on others. I don't like people to feel sympathy and feel pity towards me. I sometime have a feeling like a leader that has the courage and confidence to do anything that may seem difficult to accomplish. The only difference is that his work is far more superior then mine. His situation is far more difficult than mine. I only feel like the Box Man when I am work I like to do and things I have to accomplish. I feel like it’s only me and myself when I face hard work, and no one to disturb me from working on it. without confidence to work I find some other things to push me forward and motivates me. I work hard to find where I'm at in life and on what do I have to do to accomplish my
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