Freedom In The Novel 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'

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Freedom, it's what everyone longs for. Who can measure the strength and power of

freedom compared to the pain of being enslaved, no one can, because joy will always

trump agony. There's a certain ambiance that comes along with freedom that not one

person can explain indefinitely. It brings such a joy to a person, especially one who

has been enslaved and not likely to be released from something so terrible. In the

novel “Nothing Gold Can Stay” A prisoner sent to fetch water for his “chain gang” tries

to sweet talk a farmers young wife into helping him escape, only to find she's as

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