Essays about Freedom Page 2

As a student, I have come to understand that freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants or the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved. Right to act, speak or to think as one wants is considered freedom, where every individual needs it. Nonetheless I found out the…

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela Freedom. Such a simple, seven letter word. But it isn’t as simple as it may seem. As Nelson Mandela beautifully stated, it is something that is…

Slavery existed in America from the early 17th century to 1865, when the 13th amendment to the Constitution outlawed the practice across the nation. Under slavery, black people lived extraordinarily oppressed lives and were treated as sub-human and bought and sold as property. For most slaves, this bondage made overt acts of resistance impossible, leading…

Principal, Vice Principal, Teachers, and students. I chose to talk about the topic of Human Rights as it holds great significance in our lives, especially in today’s time as abuse of human beings is increasing day by day. To ensure a fair and just society, it is extremely important or people to have rights and…

Venezuela democracy endure two sensational difficulties in 1992. Military agitators twice endeavored to overthrow the government, on February 4 and again on November 27. Both uprising were immediately subdued by loyalist forces. Repercussions of the endeavors wait on, however, and cast a suspicion shadow over the nation. The probability of another uprising perseveres, prove by…

Kate Chopin wrote a short story called, “Story Of An Hour” and it’s about a woman, Mrs. Mallard who is given the horrifying news that her husband has just died during a train wreck. Devastated by her husband’s unexpected death, she excused herself and immediately rushes to her bedroom where we optically discern a distinctive…

Free will and options are necessary to maintain humanity. Without them, man is no longer human but a “Clockwork Orange,” a clockwork toy with Organism appearance, as shown in the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. The novel explores this through Alex’s transformation from a violent criminal, to a law-abiding citizen, back to his…

Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour” is a thought-provoking short piece of fiction. The story is very short; but it does not reflect the depth that the story gives. The third person narrator gives the readers limited insight on Mrs. Mallard’s health and how the breaking of the news that her husband had died…

Euthanasia is the process of terminating the life of a person who is experiencing intense pain, suffering or illness (reference). It involves deliberate actions that are taken to end a life, with the primary aim of helping relieve suffering on the side of the patient as well as let them die with dignity. The physician…

Are we morally responsible for our actions? Does moral responsibility require free will? These questions remain one of the central philosophical issues in the books “Existentialism is a Humanism” by Jean-Paul Sartre and “Freedom and Necessity” by Alfred Jules Ayer.  Also, since these two authors are contemporaries and Europeans, so neither time nor social conditioning…