Cost Of Freedom

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The only thought I have after watching this movie is about the cost of freedom. That this movie was and is a bitter, realistic reminder of the cost of freedom. Freedom is an abstract concept, it can be a thought, a feeling, or a state of being. For the republicans in this film, it’s in fact all of the above. Freedom is a thought that takes up most of their thoughts, it’s something they had, they felt, and now fight to retrieve. They think that if they can get freedom back for their people and themselves that any cost will be worth it. Though I believe they weren’t ready for the payment; they weren’t prepared for the bloodshed, and loss of life that comes with freedom. Yet they still fight, side by side. Freedom all that’s on their minds,

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