Both “Am I Blue” by Alice Walker and “A Brutal Murder in a Public Place” by Joyce Carole Oates show animal freedom, but while “Am I Blue” talks more about freedom of animals kept as pets, “A Brutal Murder in a Public Place” talks about the freedom of wild animals in public. In “Am I Blue” the horse is kept in a fenced area with little human interaction: “Blue was horrible lonely and bored. I was not shocked that this should be the case; five acres to tramp by yourself, endlessly, even in the most beautiful of meadows - and his was - cannot provide many interesting events, and once rainy…