The Strangers That Came To Town Analysis

As freedom is a life acceptance by everyone, including yourself, it makes life a lot easier. Is freedom really about being accepted? In his short story, “The Strangers That Came to Town” Ambrose Flack is revealing that true freedom is about being accepted. As in the story, Flack shows on how when the Duvitches had moved to town, they were limited in freedom around the community. I believe that true freedom is about being accepted because as the town did not accept the Duvitches at first, it became hard for the family to live and the town thought that they did not have the same value as them. Firstly, true freedom is about being accepted because as the town did not accept the Duvitches’ at first, it became hard for the family to live. As the Duvitches’ have moved to Syringa Street, they wanted to change the way they lived as they were living in starvation. As they had moved, the town had already started to

In the community’s eyes, the Duvitches did not have a value in the town and in life. In this effect, it pushed the town on acting the way they had towards the Duvitches. Equally with all the negative attitudes around actions being put on the Duvitches, it made their life hard. As stated before they had moved to Syringa Street, “ they had been on the move, to escape starvation, separation, possible assassination” (2). As life was clearly hard enough for this family, it did not help that their freedom in this township had been removed. When Andy and Tom had poisoned the Duvitches’ fish, it had shown that not only did the adults believe that the Duvitches did not have any value but also the children. As the town had came to the conclusion on accepting the Duvitches, you can see that the Duvitch had so much value for the town. From Mrs. Duvitch being a great time nurse for the town, to Nathan Duvitch was the amazing baseball