The concept of escape is the breaking free from confinement or control. Individuals all over the world long for some sort of escape, whether it is from family struggles, money problems, or any arduous and tough situation. Harriet Jacobs, an African-American abolitionist speaker, wrote a story of a slave girl who longed to escape the brutality of her owner. In the midst of her run away to freedom, main character Linda had to remain in hiding, resulting in her lack of verticality. Sylvia Plath, an American poet, shares a poem of a woman who lies on the ground horizontally and too desires an escape, an escape from the world. Both readings share the commonality of the narrators positioning to the ground and their yearning to break free. These two pieces of literature portray many aspects of escape. In one situation, a slave has nothing and craves freedom, compared to a girl who has given up on life and wants to escape. When looked at both pieces together, it is apparent that no matter what one has in the world, there is always some search for freedom.