"The bitter thing was all the spirit, all the gallantry, was wasted. For even more than inferiors, they accepted and looked forward to being Capped. It was a part of becoming a knight, or of turning from a girl to lady. Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?" (p. 111)In White Mountains freedom is a really important thing-since the whole novel is based on the subject of freedom. 'It was a part of becoming a knight, or of turning from a girl to lady.' I think this sentence shows the difference between child and adult and it shows the great distinction between them. In the particular case of White Mountains, a child is more 'free' than an adult because a child's mind is free, where a adult's mind is capped and held back forever. Since children are free, they have the the privilege and ability to travel to the White Mountains in order to be free forever.
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