Freedom in an Object

I've decided to post my paragraph on what freedom means to me through the use of a dense fact so as to allow students in the other section of AmCon to view my work. Here it is:

The freedom of personal expression is a freedom that Franklin Delano Roosevelt fails to mention in his four freedoms speech. This freedom is as just as, if not more, important in the 21st century as it has been in the history America.  To represent this freedom of personal expression I chose a ball of yarn. Recently, I have picked up the hobby of knitting. This of course is not a typical hobby among eighteen year old American males. By choosing knitting as an expression of freedom I very purposely decided to touch on the ability of Americans to break free of gender stereotypes in ways unheard of, and even outlawed, in other areas of the world. Another aspect of knitting that I believe embodies our freedom as Americans is the self determination of the activity. Much like living in America, one is given resources (in this case a ball of yarn) and maybe even a pattern to follow, but what one does with what they have been given is completely up to them. In America, much like in knitting, an individual is free to express them self how ever they choose regardless of gender stereotype or whether or not others like what they’re doing with their yarn. How one uses their yarn is completely up to them, and what they do with it is an expression of their identity.