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

this is a 4 paragraph essay i must write im stuck

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:

americans had many intangible advantages. well since the british fought a war far from home military orders, troops, and supplies sometimes took months to reach their destinations, and the british had an extremely difficult objective. they had to persuade the americans to give up their claims of independence, americans had a grand cause: fighting for their rights, their independence and their liberty. this cause is much more just than waging a war to deny independence.

i think the answer is b.