Setting
Ecuadorian Jungle
Through Gates of Splendor
Buck
She admitted her sin, but would not reveal the other person who also sinned.
The Scarlett Letter
The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
This man went to jail, but proclaimed to prisoners freedom in Christ.
Born Again
Boston, Massachusetts
Johnny Tremain
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
There was no grace under the law, so he died for a crime he committed.
Billy Budd
Matt stood at the edge of the clearing for some time after his father had gone out of sight among the trees.
Sign of the Beaver
Irresponsibility is using your freedom for your own benefit, like this boy who attended his own funeral.
Tom Sawyer
Washington, DC
Born Again
Elwood P. Dowd
Harvey
The man couldn't see a pit he was being forced into.
"The Pit and the Pendulum" or "Gold Bug"
When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Talbot County, Maryland
A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Santiago
Self-sufficiency gives one the freedom to discover one's true self and attain true independence.
"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.
Red Badge of Courage
A husband and wife give up something they love for the benefit of the other.
The Gift of the Magi
Tuskeegee Institute, Alabama
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Jim Elliot
Through Gates of Splendor
He had a dream of true social equality for all citizens.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in "I Have a Dream" speech.
On rocky islands, gulls woke.
Johnny Tremain
Announced the arrival of an army ordered to quell a fight for freedom, and "hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year."
"Paul Revere's Ride" by H.W. Longfellow