Category: Freedom

Freedom is always an interesting and important topic. In the United State, every citizen is supposed to be free. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, citizens have many rights such as freedom to express yourself, right to vote in elections for public officials, and freedom to pursue ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of…

Freedom is defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants. With Into the Wild, director Sean Penn explores the true significance of this word and encourages the viewers to question if they are truly free. Released in 2007, Into the Wild is a movie based on Jon Krakauer’s 1996…

Abstract Literature is essentially, an appearance of life through the medium of language. A subaltern may refer to someone who is of low ranking in social, political, or other step. Denoted by a person who is marginalized or oppressed, many subaltern studies writers like Ranajit Guha, Gyan Prakash, Ajay Skaria and Saurabh Dubehad produced so…

The ancient Greek story, Oedipus, although slightly disturbing for the modern-day college-student, prompts a very important question: can we escape our fate? Free-will or freedom versus determinism has been a central problem amongst philosophers since Epicurus. Although it may seem to many of us that we are consciously making the choices we are, by our…

George Orwells novel 1984′ and ‘2001: A space odyssey’, a film by Stanley Kubrick, clearly communicates the connections of alienation as protagonists in both texts are monitored by higher authorities. Based on a time where civilization is monitored and the freedom to think differently is punishable. George Orwells 1984 is a novel based in a…

The text says that philosophical inquiry can give you freedom. What does this mean? Explain why you agree or disagree with this claim. At the start of life, we have no control. From the beginning, we are placed in the time and location that we are destined to be. We do not determine the generation…

Insanity during the Elizabethan Era was viewed as possession by an otherworldly creature. Shakespeare, one of the most famous playwrights of the time, delved into madness and insanity in many of his plays, including Hamlet. Several characters within Hamlet could be considered as mad, most notably Hamlet and Ophelia. While Hamlets every move is documented…

Introduction and Problem Statement Since time immemorial, freedom has been a fundamental concept that defines the most sacred rights of life and liberty. The concept proclaims that every human being should have the power to think, speak, and act without any form of restraint. Freedom as a concept has been the heart of the American…

Freedom is often defined as the power to act, speak, or think without restraint (Oxford dictionaries, 2019). It is undeniable that city life is packed with overwhelming routines and responsibilities. Thus, it is not surprising why a lot of people find ways to experience freedom such as going outside of the city or participating in…

According to my opinion parents should give liberty to their children to make the child more sociable and more open but this freedom shouldnt pass the red line, which will make the child spoiled. From a personal experience I know a friend that passed the red line. He was given all the freedom to do…