Harrison was different, and because of this he lost his freedom and was taken away from home. Home for him is not necessarily safe or a place to feel relaxed. His 300lb. weights, the red nose nose, the glasses and the mental handicap made life more difficult than it could have been. He was extraordinary and was punished for it. "Freedom" the power or right to act, speak, or think without restraint. Do you think he had this opportunity? Harrison didn't have the right to think because of the handicap, the way to speak out against controversy, and he couldn't act any different than anyone else. His freedom and home are uncontrollably biased and unreasonable.
The Pedestrian showed that a man who loved enjoying the outdoors and taking long walks was not tolerated. You had to be a certain way, like everyone else who watches television, movies, and the news. Is this bad? Is this good? It doesn't matter besides the fact that Leonard liked to take strolls down the deserted sidewalks at night. His home was a safe house, where no one else thought anything more than just an alive, lit up room. Ironically, he would rather not be there, so instead was punished for not liking some good ol' When The Price Is Right. He had the freedom to think and speak for himself until the cop car took him away. He could do what he wanted, but it was wrong. His freedom was stripped from him because of the discrimination of the variation of people.
Both these stories relate in ways where they may have had freedom, but it disappeared because of prejudice. The value of home is showed in both stories as well, and if they don't have it, their freedom is effected in some way.
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