Paper #3 Proposal

For the final paper in ENG 210, I am proposing to write about the social form of freedom.  I will analyze freedom within the texts, "A Mercy" and "On the Rainy River."  Within these two texts, freedom is shown in a variety of manners.  Some of these are a similar fashion, and some are quite different from each other.  For instance, in "A Mercy," there was a problem with the sense of freedom among Rebecca and the only true person with freedom was the Blacksmith.  The characters in this book, mainly the women, lost their sense of freedom when they lost Jacob.  This is contrary to "On the Rainy River" where Tim O'Brien feels his sense of freedom is lost when he is drafted for war, yet takes back his freedom by making his own decision about going off to war.  Although these are two different situations, there are elements within each story which discuss freedom- in different and similar ways.  Throughout my paper I will elaborate on these topics.