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- Mrs. Rigsby
- I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for my undergrad. I have a Masters in Elementary Education from Regis. I come from a family with four kids. My sister is a teacher in Chicago. One of my brothers lives here and the other one lives in Chicago. I moved here because my husband loved Colorado and I loved him. As it turns out,I love Colorado as well.
In the book chains Isabel said “I was chained between two nations.” Isabel said this because she was in the middle of picking which side she would help in the war by either spying or helping out around camp. Both sides promised freedom and other rewards. But Isabel had to choose one side and only one. She wanted freedom fast, but also wanted to repay Curzon for what he did for her.
ReplyDeleteThe word chain’s is used as an antonym to freedom because chains, to Isabel means being owned be another person and not being able to do what you want, and having no control over your own life. Freedom means being free and not owned, and being able to do what you want, when you want to do it. Freedom also means being able to control your own life. That is how the word chains is used as an antonym to the word freedom.
I really enjoyed this book, and can't wait to read the second book!!!
Pilar
When Isabel says, "I am chained between two nations, she is saying that she believes that she knows what is right, but she has to do what she can to save her and Ruth. At first she was a spy for America, then, all too suddenly, she tries to help out England. Though it seemed a little frantic, I can see why she did it. She knew she wanted to help America and Curzon, she knew that family comes first. Especially Ruth, seeing as she is a five year old. She feels obligated to both sides. These "chains" are making it harder to focus on finding Ruth and becoming free. With England winning, she may be able to free herself and Ruth. If America wins, she may stay a slave forever, but that is what Curzon is fighting for. Freedom cannot come until she makes the choice, America or freedom???
ReplyDeleteIn the book, Isabel says "I was chained between two nations". Although Lockton and Madam are both Tories, that makes Isabel a Tory too. However, Isabel is a spy for the Patriots (a.k.a. the rebels). When she says this, she has to decide whose side she is going to be on.
ReplyDeleteThe word "chain" is an antonym to "freedom" because at that time, chains probably stood for the slaves. The slaves were barely ever set free. They were "chained" to their master's house, or where ever they lived. Freedom was everything to them if they would ever get it.... Sometimes, they acted so desperate for freedom that they would try to run away. Most of the time, they would get caught. Not many slaves were lucky enough to actually escape. As I said before, freedom was everything to slaves.
Alyssa
Isabel quotes that she is "chained between two nations."I believe her powerful saying means that she was fighting for no one but herself and her younger sister Ruth. Isabel is reflecting on the fact that she is stuck like glue between the two different sides of the revolutionary war. The Tories and the patriots are the two nations that Isabel finds fight without a care. Isabel has similar feelings about both of them. She feels they want nothing but work form the exhausted slaves. Isabel had once felt that they would take her in, but after being turned down by both of the sides, she realized she had made a mistake in thinking so. Isabel now knows that she is neither a loyalist nor a rebel. She is herself, fighting for the freedom from the heavy chains that hold her down from conquering her disastrous life and living a new life as a free person, no longer stuck in a pile of ropes, able to breathe the air of freedom. “Chains” is a reference that the author uses as a strong point throughout the story. I think it is a antonym for freedom because Isabel is in chains, wanting to escape to freedom.
ReplyDeleteBeacause it is holding her down and when you think of the word chain, you think of being trapped or kept hold of. This is how Isabel feels when she is treated unfairly, since she is a slave and unable to escape the "chains."
ReplyDeletemarah
When Isabel,in Chains, says that she was chained between two nations, she means that through all the struggles she had to go through, there were always choices: the Patriots or the Loyalists. When she says thst, it reminds me of how on the cover of the book depicts Isabel, her hands bound and two birds flying next to her, their plumage the flags of the two opposing nations. When she says the word 'chains' it means how she had been confused, running back and forth between two nations, both that had promised freedom, and both that had taken it away from her. On the one hand, Curzon promises that she and her little sister will escape as two free girls, on the other hand, Madam Lockton throws demands back and forth. The two nations are chained apart, and Isabel is chained between.
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