Boycusulickio: A Short Story

By telling the reader she did not live in a “perfect world”, but “an overcrowded and unhappy home,” Barry makes a personal connection (page 859). This personal connection encourages readers to continue to read, so she can make her political point. Barry combines personal and political best in the final paragraph of her essay, first by using a personal connection, “Mrs. LeSane asked us to please stand...and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Children across the country do it faithfully,” and then connecting the connection to her political argument, saying, “I wonder now when the country will face its children and say a pledge right back” (page

In this portion of his article Buckley makes a large extrapolation from Americans behaving in a reserved manner on a small-scale, the movie theater, to the more substantial political scale when he mentions the rights. Despite the comparable nature of this anecdote it is unfounded to make such a gargantuan leap without a more a concrete foundation, with the lack of evidence provided this is no more than guesswork. It is problematic to make this claim, because it is inconceivable to anticipate how individuals would behave in a situation with more at stake. It may be that Americans would simply endure even if their rights were on the chopping block, but it is impossible to accurately predict what their response would

(pg. 200) Jefferson once said,“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” (2.) Once you try to restrict people in what they say, you won’t be able to restrict everybody because there are too many people. Even when people are in their home, you won’t be able to control them. If you cannot control everyone, there is no point of having the rule.

The author of response to "executive order 9066" is presented in a manner of straight forward discussion between a seemingly normal girl, but is then insulted and thrown out of a friendship because of the political state of the nation. This

We have discussed that limiting the range of vocabulary makes expressing revolutionary thoughts against the government's tremendous power. As well as how propaganda fills the gaps in thoughts where one's ideas should be. Finally talked about how speaking out about anything commit thoughtcrime and will mostly result in death. Unfortunately, this is what is happening in the world today. The goal of this essay is to show what is wrong with society and what to watch for, so everyone does not become a victim to the traps of the power hungry government. So everyone will be able to save themselves and society before we arrive at a point of no return. So ask oneself; what does two plus two

Collins and Skover starts the piece by defining discourse and relating it back to the works of Aristotle, a greater allusion to the systems of communications in the past, as well as they describe America’s current interpretation of discourse through it’s personal interpretation of free speech. The authors state, “To communicate with uninhibited liberty, to talk in the vernacular of the popular culture, to express that culture’s tastes, is the way of free speech in America.”(1) In painting this picture of a typical american’s use of free speech, the authors go against their previous depiction of Aristotle’s beliefs, which were the use of expression for some greater means or establishment of character. Having these two contrasting ideals defined supports their ideal of america’s misuse of their First Amendment. Effectively, by providing the allusion to Greek

Covert’s article is an analysis of a tweet made by the current American Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, who in the tweet, stated that freedom is “the ability to buy what you want to fit what you need”. His tweet is deemed curious because Ryan puts forward a conception of American liberty

When such a simple, intrinsically natural, right is taken away great repercussions unfold. Banneker depicts some of these disastrous repercussions, and pin points to the source of the problem. The acute contrast between Jefferson’s word and actions as he first upholds the great truth - that all men are created equal, with unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness - yet continues to set forth a pattern of unjust inequality and oppression towards all blacks [248]. Banneker remarks that if the words professed by Jefferson, and by extension, those in power were true and sincere as they would lead them to be, they would apply to all, ridding the country of prejudices, and the unnatural paradigm of owners and slaves. The consequences of these unnatural paradigms are also made clear by Apess. He denotes the horrid condition of Native American reservation [155]. Here humans are not allowed their natural freedoms to fend for themselves, instead determined by others, that the women on the reservations have no abilities, or anything to make them enterprising. No human can justly dictate the magnitude of another humans’ will, we are

As the boundaries of freedom are challenged and expanded in the United States, the understanding of rights in America will continue to change. The freedoms of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly have shaped the United States for centuries and has allowed for a freedom unprecedented in the world. America’s rights and freedoms can be seen as a beacon to the world, beckoning emigrants from all over the world to join the American community. Many of these rights are the result or the descendent of the ideas of James Madison. Truly, James Madison’s life was one led almost exclusively in the pursuit of liberty, justice, and freedom for the American people. Madison, through a life of service to his nation, as a Congressman, Secretary of State, and, finally, President, greatly improved the fortunes of the early United States, as well as defining the properties of American government for generations to come as the “Father of the Constitution”.

After reading the stories, the most enjoyable story was Stone Boy. He was very brave, and considering the present day how many people do the same thing to another person? In my opinion, it can count something on the fingers of one hand. I have heard people used to be bigger in the past, so that much courage is not surprising. Especially in Turkish myths, we do have many examples like Stone Boy. The heroes move mountains for the loved ones, or they become ashes from love for their lover Although there are differences in names, people, the way of living the events, and the origins, deified some common objects as it affects human life, natural phenomena, and concepts, even extraordinary events of human life in almost every society and geography.

The question was whether this community of different individuals could be brought together as a unified and connected whole or whether they would deteriorate into a disruptive and chaotic mob. Ultimately, the pressing social problem was how to attach the individual back to the community without restraining personal liberties. In its early formative years, America struggled to solve this problem of effectively combining individual rights with the overall good of the democratic community.

What happened then during dinner was both unexpected and extremely unpleasant. Lieutenant kotler grew very angry with Pavel and no one except for Bruno-not Gretel, not mother, and not even Father-stepped in to stop him from doing what he did next, even though none of them could watch. Bruno then did something you wouldn’t normally expect from him.

Free speech, that is speech free from regulation from an authoritative figure, is so ingrained in American culture that it is easy to forget that there is a debate over the concept. Today, the idea of government censorship is abhorred by Americans and equated to authoritarian regimes. It is forgotten that Plato suggested such an idea; to only allow poetry with “good” teachings to ensure a good society, one free from teachings that normalize deviant behavior. The writers of the American Constitution, however, followed the logic of John Stuart Mill. Mill, utilizing the Utilitarian theory, demands that speech be free from suppression on the grounds that it not only benefits individuals, but all people, including current and future generations.

In his novel, “The Professor at The Breakfast-Table,” Oliver Wendell Holmes states, “The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: we may think what we like and say what we think” (Holmes 118). If taken in the correct context, this quotation leads the reader to assume that Holmes believes that even though our institutions aim to allow freedom of thinking and speech, it will be that freedom that will end such rights at those institutions. The novel, written in 1860, is very applicable to today’s freedom of speech issues. With the rise of millennials speaking out about current views, the government is looking to shut down the rights of free speech. When government does not agree with or want to hear what the people say, instead of working on a compromise, they want to use their power to shut them up. Holmes unfortunately predicted exactly what is occurring now, where free speech is no longer free, and our institution that was built on free speech is now faltering.

Although America is known for its freedom, society is slowly making steps towards infringing on that promise. Higher authority can easily, and may be infringing on each person’s basic freedom of privacy. Society is slowly destroying the right to free speech, which provides a much harder challenge, as society must look within itself to recognize the