In the story white mountain three boys Will, henry and beanpole try to find freedom in the White mountains were tripods do not live but could not it was a long journey and it is still a long journey for them in there trip to the white mountains they will need each other and if they do not find it in time they will loose there freedom by the tripods

Freedom is an important part of every body life but freedom has been taken away from Will henry ween they were in there village because ween you are capped you will get out of school and leave the house showing that you are a an adult. When Will Beanpole reached the red tower they saw that freedom prevailed in the town and even ween your capped you will go to knight school to train as a knight but not be left by your self all alone. This is manly the whole reason Will wanted to stay he would be free to do what ever he want he was living in paradise but knew he would have to pay for his freedom he would have to be capped to live in the castle. Also the ritual for the caps is the slightly the same in wills country because in there it is turning from a boy to a knight and a girl to a woman while in wills family it is turning from a boy to a man and a girl to a woman.

In reaching the White mountain they are hoping to get safety and freedom from the tripods and live there peacefully and if they do something wrong it would be a huge journey gone to waste