Why losing freedom makes one feel blue. Exploring pain in "Am I Blue " by Alice Walker.

The essay "A I Blue ?" written by Alice Walker, shows that animals can feel pain and sadness when their freedom or friends are taken away. Waker Says: “Blue was like a crazed person. Blue was, to me, a crazed person. He galloped furiously, as if he were being ridden” (Walker 54). In this moment, Walker described how Blue became upset when Brown, his partner, was taken away and showing that a reaction like that comes from his deep emotions and it is not just animal instinct. By comparing Blue to a "crazed person," Walker makes a connection between the horse's loss of freedom and the history…