The theme of the White Mountains all relate to freedom but how does the quote below and the rest of the chapter relate to 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?" (page. 111)
This chapter shows that the Nobles living in the big red castle think they are living a free and amazing life because they can go hunting and they can have tournaments to show how strong and brave they are but their lives are actually fake because they have all been capped so they don't have freedom of speech or thought because they are all controlled by the tripods. Scince nobody has spoken against the capping nothing has changed and it will stay that way until someone says "Hey what if we weren't capped" and thats what freedom is all about right speaking out and being heard not living in the shadows where no one listens to what you have to say.
The nobles in the castle seem to accept that boys will run away and think that it shows their spirit but again this is all fake and a lie. The way the nobles live in the castle is a very different pattern of life to where Will came from and ladies are brought up to be gracious and men have to be brave and courageous so it is a very different lifestyle to hwere Will came from and where he is in this chapter. Since the Tripods took over there are no wars because they are controlling their minds so no one would ever think to start one and create a comotion. No one can talk about the capping most of the only thing they can say is it does not hurt you but in a matter of fact it does... I think that it hurts the way they think because yes they are not free and this book shows they arn't.
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