Freedom In Melanie Crowder's Audacity

Freedom, by definition, is the power to act, speak, or think as one wants. However, the meaning of freedom can vary greatly from person to person depending on the society in which they live. The novel Audacity by Melanie Crowder follows the life and hardships of Clara Lemlich, a young Jewish girl who moved from her home in Russia to America in order to escape prejudice against the Jews. Despite this, their family found further hardships both while traveling and upon arriving at the new world. To Clara, freedom is equality for her, her family, and the other young immigrant girls working under substandard conditions.
When Clara lived in Russia, she desired to learn how to speak, read, and write in both Yiddish and Russian, but Jewish girls