A. in the book "chains" by laurie halse anderson what does isabel mean when she says "was chained between two nation" on page 182 and the several other references throughout the novel

b. how is the word "chain" used as an antonym to the word freedom

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I think that there can be a couple of ways to interpret this.  The first would be that on the most literal level, Isabel is chained to the Loyalist home of the Lock tons.  Being Loyalists, this is one nation to which Isabel is physically chained because she is a slave in their home

Explanation:

a more perfect union: the creation of the u.s. constitution. the vote was unanimous. saddled with this weak government, the states were on the brink of not to lend a hand to any proceeding that seemed to pose a threat to that protection. delegates from virginia and other large states demanded that voting in

b. the passage of the equal rights amendment  

explanation:

this mean that anything that someone else could do they could do