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Freedom theme In American Literature
In American Literature, many values are given focus. From Hope to Individuality, to even Diversity. But there is one value, one ideal that not only founded this country but lay at the very heart of all things that make America great. An ideal this country was founded on that invades every aspect of American Literature. That ideal is freedom, freedom from bondage, from oppression, and from those who seek to subdue you. From Thomas Jefferson to Fredrick Douglass and on to Harriet Beecher Stowe, the themes of Freedom ring throughout the American ideal’s writings, telling the reader to fight for that freedom and become free from all those who would deny them that Freedom. Freedom is the main ideal and backbone of all-American Literature. The freedom theme can be found in Thomas Jefferson that talks about freedom and rights to black people. The idea of Freedom also was the main concern of Fredrick Douglass, which talks about freedom to black American slaves. Also, Samuel Otter inn his book Philadelphia stories discuss the types of freedom experienced by African Americans. And Uncle Tom’s Cabin is the final example of how Americans live and die for freedom.
As we see in these examples, Freedom’s theme is seen as an epic ideal, one worth fighting and dying for. The American authors believed it was a divine right that every man deserved. This makes its inclusion in nearly every single American Literature of vital importance. Freedom…. liberty is the most American ideal there is, and it shows in our literature.
Works Cited
Levine, Robert S. The Norton Anthology Of American Literature. W.W. Norton, 2017.