Personal Narrative Analysis

“It is ironic that we in turn had to escape the tyranny of his rule to find freedom for ourselves.” Pg. 294

From the book “The Giver”, I have noticed an important message that the author wanted to tell us – The importance of freedom.

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”

"Never make an attempt to gain our freedom or natural right, from under our cruel oppressor, and murderers, until you see your way clear [6]--when that hour arrives and you move, be not afraid or

of their life. “To be free, a man must be free of his brothers,” exemplifies the theme of

“To be free, a man must be free from his brothers.”when people hear this they may think

Having an imagination of being free was only a dream that many dream of. “Every slave thinks about it. In the morning and in the afternoon and in the night. Dreaming of it. Every dream a dream of escape even when it didn’t look like it.”

"Freedom is to society what health is to the individual." Lord Bolingbroke. A society without freedom ultimately jeopardizes the well being of its citizens and social prosperity. The selections “Harrison Bergeron”, “The Censors”, “Caged bird”, and “Speech at the United Nations” support the idea that to be free means that you can act and be seen, speak and be heard, or think and be understood as one want without restraint.

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” (Albert Camus). Since the beginning of time, many have been seeking the chance of freedom. During the Pre-Civil War era individuals were free, only under the specific circumstances. Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, knew that many people who were known as outsiders were on a quest to be free from society, one example being the slaves.

'Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.' -Martin Luther King Jr.

"…what would it be like if I could, if I were free – not enslaved by my conditioning."

Failure is truly negative if we choose to not learn from it. When we face setbacks and difficulties, we are given golden opportunities to grow as people. Learning from our shortcomings makes us wiser, stronger, and unveils a chance to turn an undesirable outcome into a building block of character. My hockey career has been a sinusoidal trail of highs and lows, but I always learned from the downturns.

To state that true freedom can only be obtained once one has shed his or her confinements is to reiterate the obvious that one becomes free as soon as they get rid of whatever is constraining their freedom. Several interpretations can come of this single statement and depending on an individual’s state of mind or prevailing circumstances it is possible for a reader to have more than one interpretation or elucidation of this single statement. Speaking generally however, the most common and therefore the most vastly construed meaning of the statement is that liberty or sovereignty is attained at the point where the prisoner or captive is able to overcome that which is detaining him or curtailing his freedom. In other words for one to advance, they must eliminate anything that stands in their way of progress (Rocks, 1972).

The detail#1: Here I will present the concept that people perform the best, and work the best, when they know that they are fully free.

Freedom means, to carry out one own choices, actions without coercion or constraint by necessity or circumstances. Fate often take a hand in the distillation of freedom. When this distillation occurs at weaker levels, benevolent slavery begins. A benevolent master usually receives gratitude from those slaves who are aware of their good fortune and will, in turn, work willingly. This form of slave's future is relatively certain, assured and predictable. Their offspring, born into a benevolent slavery, find the thought of freedom disturbing.