The Wind In The Willows Analysis

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In the book The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, the idea of freedom being introduced through multiple characters. Freedom, or “the condition of not being constrained or restricted in a specific aspect of life by a government or other power,” seen in many different scenarios, throughout the book. It seems that the mind is never, completely, free, because it is plagued by things that have to be done. A person can gain freedom by getting done, in a day, what he or she needs done. If a task is incomplete, by the end of the day, they will sleep not free. The Mole, Toad, and Badgers all portray contrasting ideas of freedom. The Mole, at the start of the book, seems tired of his day-to-day life, yearning for more to it. He did what was necessary for …show more content…
He spends much of his time worrying, and in the book is in some ways mysterious. We do not actually see what he spends his time doing, other than when he is worrying about Toad. His time spent with Toad is generally wasted, because when he tries to actually confront Toad about his automobile problem, Toad runs off, steals a car, and gets arrested. Badger tried to save Toad’s freedom by warning him, but in the end Toad is incarcerated for twenty years. Badger is inviting and kind to Mole and Toad, but does not desire the lifestyle of adventure and freedom they have. He prefers to spend his freedom by staying in and keeping himself out of trouble, along with trying to keep his friends out of trouble. Many differing forms of freedom are shown through multiple different characters. Some being curious and adventurous, like Mole and Rat, others being carelessly free, like Toad, and finally we see conservative freedom from Badger. This book gives a sense of freedom from numerous points of view and we are able to see the awards, and consequences received by what is done with a person’s
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