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?" This quote and the rest of the chapter relates to freedoms in many perspectives and in many ways. Here are two ways they relate.
In this chapter and quote, the author (in Will's perspective) is trying to tell the reader that even thought a person who is capped thinks they are strong, beautiful, kind, etc, they will never be as free as a person untouched by the tripods. That person has been wasted because of the tripods capture of his/her brain. Even though your happy there is nothing worth living for because you are capped, all your natural thoughts have been taken away from you. Being capped is similar to the government trying to hypnotize you into doing whatever they want. If you do follow the government around like a little puppy, you are not free. It is like being capped by a tripod. If you do not have freedom you don't have anything worth living for, because all those reasons have been taken away by the tripods or governments. Will saw all those people at the castle having a wonderful time at these festivals and dinners, but now Will is thinking these people can't have proper thoughts. What is the point of having all these happiness's in your life but you can't enjoy them? That's the horror you would have to face if you were to be in his time.
The capping takes away all these enjoyments in their lives. They can still enjoy themselves, although they do not feel the feelings that would naturally come out when they do. They feel a fake feeling that comes when the tripods cap you. Imagine living in a world where all thoughts and real feelings have been taken away and replaced with fake ones. If I were in the castle, or even near that uncapped, I would've started a uprising against the tripods and try to break the capped feelings out of the people who are capped. I would bring the tripods down. If you don't have anything worth living for, why live at all?
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