"Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you couldn’t speak up or express yourself?"
Well, yeah. Almost every day, in fact.
I often feel quite constricted by society in general. I normally do not conform to mainstream thought, and that would often ostracize me from my peers. If I am to remain in their good company, I must conform to their standards, no matter how foolish or pointless those may be. Endless posturing ensues.
I think in one way or another, everyone is in the same boat. Many cannot truly express themselves to the fullest due to some pressure directed at them by peers, contemporaries, or denominations (political, religious, or whatnot). Or worse: their free will is stripped due to fear of retribution as they may not live as they wish.
For example: in my brother's school environment, he is often an outcast for being...well, different. Different in thoughts and beliefs, of values and interests.
I can just imagine how bad it is for other people who are not only singled-out, but killed for what the perceive is 'their way'. Religion, politics, you name it, it's happened in one way or another.
But I digress; it is not my place to question others' beliefs, values, interests, or denominations. I only question their sanity.
There seems to be a common trend that everyone would follow or take interest in something simply because others do so. Bandwagon effect, as it is known.
However, many forget that the people who make trends actually break existing trends to make new ones. These people are expressing themselves. They are free, as opposed to being bound by popular choice.
It is when one breaks free of the chains of the bandwagon, then one would truly express one's self. Believe in something because you do, not because someone else does.
But remember, with the power freedom comes with, also comes the heavy responsibility of how to use that freedom.
Think your own thoughts. Live your own life. Live your own dreams. So that come what may, there will be no regrets.
It seems to me that what Ramza got was what Delita wanted at the end: the freedom to be whoever he wanted to be.
Everyone in the game was railroaded into their roles; everyone was using or being used by other people for their own purposes, trying to reach their inevitable goal.
Ramza, however, was unique in that he rejected his role and chose another one. When that role (hero) was complete, he left it all behind, with the freedom to chose a new path in life, something that Delita would never have.
More emphemeral, but I think more satisfying: Ramza defied everything to do what he wanted, and came out worse off in history, but better off in his own personal satisfaction.
I doubt Delita ever really cherished his throne, while Ramza probably loved every minute of his life after the game.
- anonymous troper
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