Freedom is having your own mind. With freedom you can do what you want, say what you want and become what you want with fear. Will does what he wants and falls in love. He comes to a crossroads by giving up his freedom for the person he loves or to keep his freedom and fight for a better life with out being controlled. At first I thought Will would give up his freedom and stay at the castle with Eloise for the rest of his life. In the end Will wanted freedom more. He could not understand why the others would not want it but felt it was right for him. The others from the castle thought the tripod came to help them but actually they came to rule the human’s. I think the author is trying to say that freedom is very powerful and that many people want in their life. Will is one of those people because he understands what it would be like without freedom.