I read two stories "Freedom" and "A Saint and A Criminal". Both were good stories, but had a sadness lurking in the close friends of the main character. In "Freedom", a Russian doctor helps a young, boy in the German concentration camps giving him food at the cost of his own life, but he worked hard and stayed positive till the end. The boy believes that he earned his freedom in the end just like he wanted.
The other story talks about some of the tribulations his brother faced after driving drunk and crashing into a house killing a woman. To his father he is the saint and his brother is the criminal, but he believes his brother is changing back into the brother he always remember. The men feels sorry guilty for trying to hide information from his brother to avoid his anger because of events that have happened when he was in prison.
I liked both stories, but I think I liked the "Freedom" story better. I agree with the young boy that his friend did earn what he was looking for his freedom from work. It may not be the freedom that some would wish for, but in their circumstances it was what he needed. He also sacrificed himself for another along with working hard which make him seem a very noble character.
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