Compare and Contrast

Similar to the homeless man and the two woman in "The Box Man", one can compare my pet gecko to my mother at work.  My gecko's name is Sahara and she resides in my room, atop my dresser inside a large, glass tank.  My mom works at Buckingham inside what is known as "The Fishbowl".  It's the second office area and has a giant wall of glass for students to come up and get their late passes from my mom.  Both my mom and Sahara are trapped in a bubble, or cage, all day long, Sahara hearing the constant chirping of live crickets (which drives me crazy) and my mom having to listen to the phone ring with sorry excuses.  They both see the outside world from behind glass, almost like they have no control over what goes on.  Sahara has her daily routine: sleep inside a rock, then in a log, and then eat and repeat; as well as my mom: write passes, enter them in a log, and then eat and repeat.  My mother and pet gecko are two very different things, but when put together, they both lead very similar lives, although they may not even realize it.