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Tommy Jefferson’s letter to Zlata questions the relation between violence, war, and freedom. He describes the constant state of terror in which he lives as a situation of un-freedom, thus implicitly identifying a crucial characteristic of freedom: the fact that children and adolescents should be able to enjoy their innocence without constantly being confronted with violence and death.
In questioning his own freedom, Tommy also interrogates his position within the American nation. He identifies a series of gaps between written reality and the reality he experiences every day. First of all, while the American national anthem invokes freedom, he does…