The adults that lived with Zoe did not help her or interact her in any way besides abusive ways. Wil had no adults at all to help him through his childhood. They both also ended up at one point being wild or free. Wil has been free his whole life and Zoe has been free ever since she arrived at Uncle Henry’s house. Therefore Zoe and Wil had similarities and differences in their childhoods. Even though both Zoe and Wil had difficult childhoods, Wil had a worse time growing up. For instance, Wil had no parents to help him grow up. Although Zoe had an abusive mother, she still had a home to live in. Wil has lived in the woods his entire life with only small places of shelter that he could find. Wil was alone with his deer in the forest with nobody to help him for most of his life. They both had to raise themselves but Wil also struggled with education. Zoe had many opportunities to learn throughout her life and is now very educated. Wil had none of these opportunities to learn and is off in the real world with no academic skills. In other words the struggles that Zoe went through were only half as bad as the struggles that Wil had growing up. The only positive aspect of Wil’s childhood that Zoe didn’t have was freedom to do
The adults that lived with Zoe did not help her or interact her in any way besides abusive ways. Wil had no adults at all to help him through his childhood. They both also ended up at one point being wild or free. Wil has been free his whole life and Zoe has been free ever since she arrived at Uncle Henry’s house. Therefore Zoe and Wil had similarities and differences in their childhoods. Even though both Zoe and Wil had difficult childhoods, Wil had a worse time growing up. For instance, Wil had no parents to help him grow up. Although Zoe had an abusive mother, she still had a home to live in. Wil has lived in the woods his entire life with only small places of shelter that he could find. Wil was alone with his deer in the forest with nobody to help him for most of his life. They both had to raise themselves but Wil also struggled with education. Zoe had many opportunities to learn throughout her life and is now very educated. Wil had none of these opportunities to learn and is off in the real world with no academic skills. In other words the struggles that Zoe went through were only half as bad as the struggles that Wil had growing up. The only positive aspect of Wil’s childhood that Zoe didn’t have was freedom to do