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February: Freedom
In Copper Sun, Amari has no freedom. What freedoms would you most miss if you were to lose yours?
8 comments:
The freedom of choice, of movement, of sound, of thought, of everything.
The freedom to write. The freedom to dream. My grandmother was a writer at age 14. She had to write outside at night under the moonlight because nobody understood her deep desire to write. She wrote in a school notebook in pencil. I have her journal. One day I will write her story.
She had to write in secret!! And what she wrote was beautiful!
I can't imagine living in a country where my destiny is determined by others. I believe China is this way.
Sharon, I love that you have that journal and that your grandmother's stories will live through you!
I think you've hit the nail on the head, too: Freedom of the mind, the freedom to dream, is so key.
Little Willow's freedom of choice answer resonates with me.
Definitely freedom of religion.
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