“What Freedom Means to Me” The word freedom has countless explanations. According to the dictionary, freedom is “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” To an inmate, freedom might mean escaping from the penitentiary or jail he or she is in. An immigrant fleeing his or her home country might view freedom as reaching the United States and avoiding deportation. Depending on who you are, freedom has many definitions. My family says freedom is doing what you choose consistently within the law. My mother thinks it’s the “opportunity to express oneself within the means of the law.” Each person might have various impressions, but my grandma doesn’t feel it has anything to do with laws. She envisions