blog post 4

In this passage Will is taken into a Tripod while trying to escape the red castle.
After Will has snuck out of the castle he goes to the corral and takes a horse to escape. After a while he is then stopped by a Tripod with a green glow to it. His horse becomes very frightened and starts to go up on its hind legs and falls back with Will still underneath. Will is crushed and can't get out from underneath until the horse gets up, but the horse leaves and Will has nowhere to go. The Tripod's metal tentacle sweeps down and grabs Will and then he is pulled into the Tripod's hemisphere. The next day he wakes up and sets off on his journey.

"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?" (p. 111)

The people from the Red Castle had a misconception of what freedom really was about. The were tied to the Tripods and were excited about being capped and having freedom. Little did they know that this was not freedom. Will knew this. His idea of freedom was being able to think for himself, say what he wanted and have choices.