????? I just answered a random question to ask my question
I did a 3 second google search for "tim o'brien" and the first thing that came up was the novel he wrote about the vietnam war called "The Things They Carried" written in 1990.
Answer:
I think that it means that they are not just going to get freedom easily. :)
Explanation:
Lemme know if I helped
father: let's go to the zoo today
son: ok sure i have been wanting to go there for so long
father: same lg