... , many people would agree that freedom is the right to act in whatever way one chooses, regardless of the consequences (Wesel, 2009). However, after reading and taking to heart Maya Angelou's "Graduation", Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael", and Parker J. Palmer's "The Woodcarver", I have come to realize that freedom holds a ... person living with chronic pain. Much like the trap of being defined by a certain race, having a disability can be disparaging when I'm fighting through societies preconceived notions of my inherent worth (Angelou, 183). In many ways, the p...

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