Quotes and freedom

"The bitter thing was all the spirit, all the gallantry, was wasted. For even more than inferiors, they accepted and looked forward to being Capped. It was a part of becoming a knight, or of turning from a girl to lady. Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?" - A quote from the book White Mountains is from page 111. How does the quote and the rest of the chapter relate to the idea of freedom?

The quote shows what the people in the castle thought of capping, and also it is when Will realises he does not belong there, in the castle. That brings the whole idea of what he left for, which was freedom from the tripods. What Will did was leaving to find freedom and end up in a place like the place he just left. He had totally forgotten about his freedom thing, it seems, until he thought this quote.

The chapter is relating to the whole freedom thing in that is the chapter in Will realises he does not belong. He ran away and found himself in the same situation as before. That is also shows that he would probably leave anyway, and prove again that freedom thing. Also, he was happy at first, and then he found out Eloise was capped and wanted to leave. You could tell he was torn- between freedom and the person he loves. Will made a hard choice, but Henry and Beanpole would have gotten there slower than if they were together. So that was all part of the story.

How will Beanpole help Will and Henry on their journey to the White Mountains ?

Beanpole will help Will and henry get to the White Mountains by knowing the place that they are in now better than Will and Henry do. Beanpole knows france better and Beanpole would know where to go and what to avoid, and where to hide. Also, if Beanpole wants to go to the White Mountains with them, then they would have to carry less stuff.

Beanpole can also help because he knows more people who live there. When they meet Beanpole, there are more people like him, so Beanpole can get info about the place without anybody suspecting anything, because if a kid like will comes up to a adult and asks for food or a route or anything, it would be odd. Beanpole can also know the places like the subway and he can feel more at home in some places.

How is Will like me?

For lit. Circles, we are reading a book called White Mountains. It is about a kid named Will who lives in England, and he lives in about 300 years from us. So, this is in the future. Will has a lot of similarities to other people, but not me at all. The only problem is that Will is not like me at all.

So I really don't know what to say for this thing.

Will is not like me at all, except one thing, which is freedom. I want freedom from my homework, and he just wants plain freedom. Will is not like me because I am not a boy, I do not have a cousin living with me, I do not have an aunt who died recently, I do not have to be capped, I do not have a friend who is capped, I do not think about running away from home, I do not have a well structured paragraph. (Well, that may be another thing in common) Will is not like me at all. Also, I do not have some french guy as a friend, I don't get into fights daily, and I could go on and on.

So, Will is hardly like, me and that reason is we both want freedom. I don't see anything else we have in common.