free-spirited

Someone who is compassionate, can be very energetic, is independent, and/or is very passionate about their ideas not caring if others disapprove.

Man! That girl sure is free spirited. No one can stop her when she gets excited about something!

I wish I were a free spirit like her. She's a good leader, and she understands people.

He definitely was a free-spirited boy... one could say he was stubborn. He wouldn't listen once he had an idea bouncing around in his head.

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associational literature

Stories that are written in a way that readers can make connections situations and characters and their own lives.

An example of this is Medicine River by Thomas King.

"Medicine River is associational literature."

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