In-Class 11/20

Most of the characters in "Say You're One of Them" do not have freedom. I disagree that most of the characters don't have freedom, the ability to do what they wanted. As children had little control over the actions that take place around them. The best they could had done was to run away and they always had that choice. The people who controlled them were their role models such as their parents or guardians. They just didn't know what to do while they were stuck in their own situation struggling between family and conflict, sometimes the family was the conflict. They had opportunities to escape, say what they wanted and do what they wanted to but out of fear they couldn't. For example, the children in "Fattening for Gabon" wanted to express their feelings towards their uncle but because he was drunk and usually naked when he sleeps they feared him. The main character from the first story "An Ex-Mas Feast" got to leave his family he had the freedom to do this when he wanted. He saw the situation get worse and left after his sister left.