https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94 A character from Willy Vlautin's novel 'The Free' en-us 2020-10-20 12:49:02 UTC 2020-10-20 14:37:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f526.png dewyvandijk https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844638594 Freddie McCall, a night shift worker at the care home where Leroy Kervin tried to take him own life. Freddie also works at a local paint shop. He has many bills piled up and is about to go bankrupt, but he doesn't want to give up because of his daughters, who live in Las Vegas with his ex-wife. ]]> 2020-10-20 13:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844638594 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844640861 Freddie lives in a town in Washington and doesn’t leave until he has to get his daughters from his ex-wife’s aunt. He drove to them in his old car and brought them to his home. Of course, there were some difficulties on the way, but nothing that can’t be fixed. When they come back Freddie sold the house he lived in and moved to an apartment with his two daughters nearby the school.

]]> 2020-10-20 13:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844640861 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844646984 The main emotions Freddie is feeling that come forward in the book is Freddie feeling; sad, lonely, and tired. He hates that he can’t see his daughters and feels lonely and sad when he comes home into an empty house. He gets flashbacks from his whole family living in that same house while he lives there alone. Because of his two jobs, he doesn’t get much sleep and is tired a lot. 

]]> 2020-10-20 13:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844646984 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844650414 Freddie has some serious issues with paying the (hospital) bills and pay child support to his ex-wife. It doesn’t matter how hard he works it just isn’t enough. He meets with a friend and agrees with his friend to take his marijuana plants into his basement because he gets a lot of money for it which he can use. After he did this illegal thing he feels guilty and uncomfortable. 

]]> 2020-10-20 13:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844650414 dewyvandijk https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844652729 The major theme behind Freddie's character is the healthcare system in America. The medical bills are weighing him down, and so is the alimony he has to pay his ex-wife.]]> 2020-10-20 13:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844652729 dewyvandijk https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844653691 Freddie does not believe in giving up, he continues to work hard at his jobs and tries to manage somehow. He believes in hard work, and never quitting.]]> 2020-10-20 13:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844653691 dewyvandijk https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844654950 Freddie helps whoever he can help, even with the weight of the world on his back. He simply walks through life in a daze, barely sleeping at times, barely eating, but he continues to walk. ]]> 2020-10-20 13:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844654950 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844656672 Freddie works at the place where Leroy is staying after he is not himself anymore after he got back from war. He visits Leroy after he attempts to kill himself on the night Freddie was working. Pauline works in the hospital where Leroy is. All the characters are connected through Leroy.

]]> 2020-10-20 13:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844656672 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844674749 Freddie is divorced and has to pay alimony.]]> 2020-10-20 13:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844674749 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844681139 All Freddie's money goes to his bills, so he is in debt.]]> 2020-10-20 13:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844681139 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844687410 The insane amount of bills Freddie has.]]> 2020-10-20 13:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844687410 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844696044 2020-10-20 13:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844696044 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844730009 What has been hitting Freddie's finances so hard.]]> 2020-10-20 13:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844730009 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844753165 2020-10-20 13:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844753165 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844770289 Where Freddie lives.]]> 2020-10-20 13:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844770289 https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844798493 Where Freddie goes every morning before his shift at the paint shop.]]> 2020-10-20 13:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dewyvandijk/4ekt09dgonvpvy94/wish/844798493