Freedom In Anna Hope's A Gap Of Sky

Have you ever thought about what it would be like not to be free? What would it be like not to be able to make choices? What would it be like not to be able to do what you want? It's scary to think about not being free, but even in the world today some people don't even have basic human freedoms. Lois Lowry shows us in her books The Giver and Gathering Blue what it would be like not to have freedom and how important it is that we have it.

An American essayist, H.L. Mencken stated, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants be safe”. I disagree with this statement because an “average man” wants to live. In order to live you must have two necessities; freedom and safety. I believe neither is more important than one another because being free gives you the opportunity to a safe nation, and a safe nation allows you to be free. You cannot live a life without exploring and growing because that would not be considered living. On the other hand, you cannot expect to be free without safety around you.

One of the greatest and more fundamental gifts of life is the autonomy that comes with being a sentiment human being. This hasn’t always been considered a human right, however, and many eastern hemispheres are struggling to catch on to the concept that people should be allowed to make the decisions they choose without the external pressure to do otherwise. Thus, the question that should be asked is whether or not every human being on this planet is free, whether they should be free and what does free really mean. For many, freedom is all about that ability to to choose what they want, make their own decision and be able to move around as they please. Freedom is about equity, free speech and the guarantee of life, no matter how good or bad.

Freedom is a capacity that helps people to choose, to behave without restrictions and prohibitions. It is a term that defines people’s rights and it helps people to behave independently. Freedom that is mostly expressed in the language of rights determines people’s acts as long as it respects the rights of other individuals. Self-respect and intelligence are also derived from being free. Kurt Vonnegut wrote a story named “Harrison Bergeron”(1962) which demonstrates the importance of freedom and being free. In the story it can be seen that government to protect the equality of human beings uses the technology. The story demonstrates how equality is one of the fundamental principles in the society. Although equality is essential for every society,

Freedom is the ability to express one's beliefs, wishes, desires, and so on. When people think freedom, they may think of the West being a major symbol of it. However, that is not necessarily the case in several instances. Freedom should be the ability to walk freely, as Chief Joseph described. The unfairness towards the Chinese, Native Americans, and the Hispanic Americans counteracts the idea of the West symbolizing freedom.

On page 268, she shows a drawing of her younger self holding the school saying "I'm home!" This supports a form of pathos that she uses, it makes the reader see how she felt about the school. On the next page, she continues her essay with more generosity the teachers showed her. She also gives a point of view from her older self saying "It's only thinking about it now, 28 years later, that I realize I was crying for relief." She then continues, by defining one teacher (Mrs.LeSane) above the

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion,” is a quote written by Albert Camus, which displays the complexity of defining the term freedom. Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “The Flies,” defines the concept of freedom as the accountability of one’s own guilt, which allows individuals to recognize their own freedom. Furthermore, an individual that accepts accountability for one’s own guilt and responsibility for the city, or complete isolation, is living in freedom. Likewise, Zora Neal Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God explores the notion of being or becoming absolutely free, finding her voice,

In Western culture we are born with the right of autonomy. It is believed that this right can never be taken away from us. We are born into this privilege of liberty and are given opportunities to grow and make our own choices without being oppressed or discouraged for them. We are free, or so we think we are. In the book Slave My True Story by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis (2003), Mende a 12 year old girl, is stripped of her happiness, childhood and most of all, her freedom.

The definition of freedom depends entirely on how the phrase “freedom from…” ends. Perhaps a most straightforward understanding of freedom is the laissez-faire emphasis on limiting the power of government to interfere in economic and social matters. In this state of absolute freedom, however, inequalities exist between people, so that freedom from a controlling government does not imply individuals’ freedom of contract, movement, legal protection, equal rights through citizenship, or political voice. In light of the persistence of slavery in the US through the 19th century, freedom as an individual’s legal status separated people who could be citizens from people who were lifelong slaves. Even among legally free people, economic

Federal Judge Skelly Wright and James Farmer, saw the difficulty in change. Both of which knew which change comes a ton of backlash, and both of them knew in order to create change, you must speak out, and let others hear your voice. Skelly Wright had made the decision to desegregate New Orlean Schools which in this time period was racially something that was heavily disagreed on. While Farmer had almost been shot. Both of which had powered through this hate to become who they are today. These sources show that in order for people to create change, which can take a long time, they must speak what they feel, and ignore the backlash that might come to them.

Freedom is an individual’s ability to go about day to day life without restraint or interference from someone of a higher power. Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure by Langdon Gilkey and There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz both explore the idea of what it means to be free. More specifically, Gilkey explores what it means to temporarily lose freedom in the Weihsien Camp while Kotlowitz explores what it means to never have freedom in the Henry Horner Homes. Through the documentation of these two very different living situations, it is clear that the individuals of the Weihsien Camp had more freedom than those in the Henry Horner Homes. The individuals in

There are many viewpoints of ‘being free’ and the measures it takes for these restrictions to be removed for freedom. Immanuel Kant and Mary Wollstonecraft represent a separate matter of individuals being restricted within a boundary. They both stand for a particular group of people that exists within the world. Kant believes that the human population subconsciously feel that they have no ‘reason’ to express their emotions or think independently, and as a result they develop a fear of being criticised or judged upon in society by those who hold great power. He proposes that a person needs to gain ‘courage’ that is a requirement of ‘Enlightenment’ to think and act freely, but expressing one’s

In a nation where freedom is promised, people seem unaware of what it truly means to be free. They are granted many privileges that are simply overlooked by today’s society while those same privileges for freedom are not available in other parts of the world. In Lorraine Hansberry’s renowned play, A Raisin in the Sun, freedom and social rights play an important role for the Younger's family. As the family is attempting to move into a new home much grander than the one they own, they are troubled by others for being unfit for the more prestigious community. In spite of the disagreements the family and the community has about their move, they are

Today we accept that freedom is a basic right human right but what exactly is freedom. 1On one hand, there is physical freedom. People who are not imprisoned or enslaved are free. On the other hand, there is freedom as a the right to act, speak or think what you want. People cannot reach their full potential if they are not free in both senses of the word.

Three people are walking down a New York City street. One is a Black man, one is an Asian woman, and the other person is a White man. One can easily picture the three people walking beside one another because the image is not bizarre or strange, rather; the image is completely normal. The vision is normal because these three American citizens have the freedom to walk where they choose, with whom they choose. The word freedom is often overlooked and taken for granted by those who have it. A popular idea of freedom is: “Freedom lets someone do whatever he chooses to do.” Although this thought of freedom is technically correct, the phrase barely scratches the surface of the idea of freedom.