Many people flock to big cities and leave their hometowns when they are still young, but old enough to live independently. What better reason could there be to move into the city than its greater job opportunity, which promises better life than to remain in smaller hometowns. We might compare new city immigrants to prisoners who have just escaped prison, prematurely celebrating their escape. How unfortunate for the escapees, however, when they will eventually realize that they haven't actually escaped from prison life. They have merely moved from one cell to another - only this time it's bigger and crowded with other prisoners.
Is there no escape then?
Perhaps there is - but not in moving places. No doubt, it is easier to escape prison, than to escape prison life. However, the tyrannies of prison life will hunt the escapee anywhere he goes. The only way for the prisoner to achieve freedom is to really deserve it. An innocent man, when falsely imprisoned, may suffer from injustice. But to soothe his suffering, he finds consolation in his innocence. A guilty man has no such privilege. No wonder he always brings his troubles with him, in and out of prison.
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