"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 shows Will's strong feelings towards freedom. He mentions how he believes that all the great perks there were from staying at the castle, and all the great praise that the knights got from doing their duties, were all wasted because their real emotions, thoughts or feelings were being controlled. They had no choice to think what they wanted to think, because they were capped. Will is making the connection that, without a way to make you own decisions or have your own opinions, there is no reason to be courageous or thoughtful, for it is not you who is directing those qualities inside you. The theme of freedom really shows through here because you can see that Will is struggling to decide whether or not its worth it to stay at the castle, and it is even harder for him to make the decision because he does have the freedom to make that choice. I think this is an important point because maybe, that freedom forces him realize that the only reason he had come so far was to keep his freedom. I think that Will is horrified when he finds out that Eloise it capped, and even more so when he finds out that she was going to leave in order to serve the tripods. This sort of puts him off the edge because he finally gets it that capped people are not free, he is free, and he needs to leave in order to continue to be free. This is why this quote shows, and relates to the theme of freedom.
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