Category: Freedom

Have we ever come to ask our self what is patriotism? Is it showing love for the country voluntary or is it forced? How do we show it? Do we show it through purchasing products or hanging the flag outside of our house? And what exactly is its purpose? To show peoples loyalty or just…

Existentialism as a concept took place after World War II as people were killed and faith in religion was being lost. The people started to question humanity and the whole purpose of their existence. In philosophy, existentialism stemmed out as a movement in somewhere 19th and 20th century just to question our understanding of life…

INTRODUCTION In an attempt to make a perfect society the people in the community lose their freedom and don’t gain anything from it. Through her novel The ‘Giver’, Lois Lowry utilizes the aims, that the community tried to make a perfect society and gain a lot, by solving world problems. Firstly, Lowry explores the community…

We come into contact with texts every day; it is everything we see and experience. A thesis is what we are attracted to and an antithesis is what we are opposed to. These texts make up the self, who we are as individuals/people. This essay will examine how the perspective of individuals attempts to comprehend…

The Giver is the famous young adult dystopian novel made by Lois Lowry in 1993. This novel is set in a society that is in the future. In the beginning, it first appeared as utopian but as the readers read further, it is become more obvious to say that this is dystopian. What is a…

The idea of restriction is prevalent through the treatment of female characters in both Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman to demonstrate the harsh realities that women faced in the critical Victorian period. Judy Simons suggests that wives in Victorian England were literally the property of their husbands…

For any novels to truly connect with the readers the author needs to pay close attention to character development. Its the human element that is going to resonate with people.A great character is more than just an iconic name its the process of creating a believable fictional character by giving them depth and personality. The…

Social media has exploded onto the front lines in the battle over hate speech, free speech and the sociopolitical war gripping the US.(How Can Social Media Firms Tackle Hate Speech?). Hate speech is defined as abusive or threatening words that express prejudice against a certain group of people. It is a crime hidden under the…

If youre really in favour of free speech, then youre in favour of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, youre not in favour of free speech.  Noam Chomsky Chomskys quote begs the question of what exactly is free speech and what exactly is freedom of speech. While they have been…

Abstract During 1619 slavery started and even though it ended, African-Americans still endured abuse. Laws were put in place to help African-Americans be freer like the 13th and 14th amendment. However, the Jim Crow Laws kept everyone segregated. The Civil Rights movement took place and the Brown vs. Board of Education was a cornerstone to…