Loss in The Secret Lion by Rios

We experienced the secret Lion's real biting: I am patiently waiting for my name to be announced one after another. Soon, we should realize that we must take a step to face our destiny. When you think about what that means, you will remember the memories you created in this sanctuary, but now your time is over, you will need to go. Finally, your name will be called and you will see the achievement book. This book will open the door to the opportunity, but it will also block your school, friends, and memories of the emotional childhood.

The two short stories I chose to compare and contrast are Alberto Alvaro Rios' secret lion 'and Ira Sher' 'The Well in the Well'. While reading these two short stories, I noticed that they differed in several ways, but they also have similar features. For example, two short trips are written in first person viewpoint. However, the "secret lion" contains a symbolic meaning and can not find a symbolic meaning in the "well people". - Flan nary O'Connor's short story "A hard person is hard to find" is an unfamiliar criminal in the hands of a notorious criminal known as "rejected" in a short-term vacation to Florida It shows the family you encountered. Since the title suggests that a man in the story is cranky, violent and murderous, death.

"Secret Lion" written by Alberto Rios is a very strange short story with many different symbols. Each symbol emphasizes the change of life at the age of 12 and his friends Sergio telling the story. As the story develops, boys are growing up. This story relates to growth. The main symbol of this story is the river Arroyo. It shows that in their childhood, this place never changes. This is where you can do whatever you want. This is a place to hang out. "But this is full of stories from our river, our private Mississippi River, our friends, from long ago" (43). But as they mature, they understand that their perception of the river has changed. Over time Arroyo was not satisfied with the boys and they decided not to go there. "Nature seems to constantly teach us the same things to us in all places where we end, pushing us to our way" (45)

In Alberto Alvero Rios's "secret lion" these young boys are full of surprises and enchantments to the world. Throughout the story, everything is changing in the lives of these boys. Crushing a ball is a good example of a boy 's life. The boys believe that there is no other good thing on the earth besides polishing the ball. Grinding balls represent the young boys' lives and are perfect. As boys grew their innocence was replaced by the experience of success in life. Crushing a ball is not the only example of a boy 's life. Golf courses are another example of their lives. Before they noticed what they found, they saw the golf course as a fantasy world, an attractive place. When boys appreciate beautiful things in the fantasy world, their lives are changing. When it turned out that the world of fantasy is nothing but a golf course, their lives took a big step towards adults. They found the change; everything is different