In the fantasy book Incarceron by Catherine Fisher, the main character struggles with freedom. Finn wants to find a way to escape Incarceron, an underground prison that’s alive, so he uses a crystal key to unlock multiple checkpoints that lead Finn out. Even though he does this, the prison tries to stop him from leaving. No one is allowed to leave. Finn converses with Claudia, who is living on the Outside, through the key itself. With her help, Finn is finally able to escape the prison, joining Claudia in her world. The theme of freedom suggests a lesson that with freedom comes sacrifice.
From the beginning of the novel, Finn dreams of being out of Incarceron. On page 30, we learn that Incarceron is a prison that has been sealed off from the outside, and nobody has found a way in or out of it. The novel explains that Finn has random visions of things that he thinks are of his past life outside of the prison. Jormanric, the group leader, thinks otherwise. To him Finn “dreams Incarceron mysteries. They will show him how to Escape”. This is significant because it shows that almost everybody in the prison wants to find a way to get out of there. Finn thinks that he was not cell…show more content… Finn must immolate seeing his friends and brother in order to gain his freedom. Even though in the novel Catherine Fisher uses the lesson quite literally, the same concept could be applied to both un-exaggerated things and everyday scenarios. For example, while the veterans of our country sacrifice their health or even life, we as a country gain freedom. This is a very scrupulous example of the lesson. The same concept could be applied to a more generic or figurative event. An exhibit of this could be if you give up a good paying job so that you can go back to school to follow a different career path. The sacrifice is the salary/money you will give up, while your freedom is a more interesting
