{"id":4544,"date":"2009-09-22T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4544"},"modified":"2009-09-19T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T19:44:05","slug":"i-am-not-a-number-i-am-a-free-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/i-am-not-a-number-i-am-a-free-man\/","title":{"rendered":"I am not a number&#8211; I am a Free Man!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so I like to think I would defend our intellectual freedoms under desperate circumstances, but what if I was mysteriously kidnapped and dropped into an Utopian community? Yes, I lose my name and I cannot leave the city limits or this weird orb-like creature will eat me, but everyone is so happy and intelligent and beautiful.\u00a0 All I have to do is stop asking questions and I could be content like them. And they have parades, like, everyday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1975822\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4547\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/prisoner.gif?resize=131%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"prisoner\" width=\"131\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>This is the basic plot of <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1975822\"><em><strong>The Prisoner<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&#8211;a 1960&#8217;s cult British program starring Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan plays an ex-British Government employee who wakes up to find himself in &#8220;The Village&#8221; with everyone calling him number Six.  Unlike me, Six is not charmed by the pretty landscaping and golf cart rides; he spends all 17 episodes in a constant mind-battle with number Two while alternately trying to escape and find out who is number One.  Just writing this blogpost, my brain has gone into overdrive remembering the mental exercise I received from watching this show: What freedoms do I have? What freedoms do I not have? What freedoms would I not realize were gone? What freedoms would I allow to be taken in order to be happy? Would I know the difference between freedom and the illusion of freedom? Ack! Thought-provoking television!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got several options on experiencing the Prisoner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check it out from the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1975822\">library<\/a><\/strong>!<\/li>\n<li>Watch episodes online at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/videos\/the-prisoner-1960s-video\/\">amc.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>or Coming in November: watch <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/originals\/the-prisoner\/\">AMC&#8217;s reinterpretation of the Prisoner<\/a> <\/strong>starring Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be seeing you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so I like to think I would defend our intellectual freedoms under desperate circumstances, but what if I was mysteriously kidnapped and dropped into an Utopian community? 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