Characters Depicted In The Novel 'Chains'

“Chains is a novel all about people breaking free of their chains”

‘Chains’ is a novel about people breaking free of their chains in many different ways. However are these people actually breaking free because the slaves will always be slaves; wherever they go. Many people in this novel are chained; for example Isabel (the main character) is chained because she is a slave, Lady Seymour is chained because she is paralysed and Old Ben is chained because he is also a slave. But when they have ‘broken free’ are they actually free of their chains, because in reality being free is something that rarely happens.
An example of a chained person would be Lady Seymour because she is paralysed and stuck in her own body with no way of breaking free of the human shaped cage she seems to be stuck in. She cannot walk; she cannot eat without help and is bedridden. This is Isabel saying what was decided, “By supper it was decided that I would tend to Lady Seymour whilst she was bedridden.” This just shows the intensity of her illness, that she can no longer do activities unsupervised.
Another example of people being chained would be slaves wherever they go they will always be slaves and that is a burden they have to carry around with them. Isabel, for example is a slave who is chained to
At this time America is about to break free from the clutches of the British but to break free they must fight. In this book there are multiple occasions when there is war going on but this quote does not talk about war but what is needed to be prepared for war, ”This is war. Even our churches are making the sacrifice, delivering their bells to recast as cannon.” This phrase is said by Bellingham to Lockton explaining how he should give his metal window frames in preparation for war as so did the church their