Freedom of speech can allow us to speak out if we believe the government is being unjust or if we think that it is oversteping its bounds.
so I think it would be difficult to have liberty because we could not speak out when or if it was taken from us by the government
He means that his name is both American and Dominican. His name speaks to the two worlds he lives in- - the world of a normal American kid and his cultural world of Spanish legacy. They propose two unique societies - Jonathan is more European and Rodriguez is Spanish. He was brought up in New York City, and furthermore rural Connecticut.