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    challenges. Professor X saved them which is a call to adventure and help him along the way. For Wolverine, this is very challenging because Magneto have power to control his body. Also, he struggle with helping human, “Protecting a world that hates and fears them.” Wolverine from X-men. He questioned about why he has to get involved the war between mutants and humans. At the end, he realized that he is the only one who can save the world and the girl, so he joined the

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    chains/ I found freedom/ They found pain/ I found joy/ They found emptiness/ I found abundance/ They followed the leader/ I followed the other way”. (1-12) In this poem “The other way” by Chris Icarus, the author describes not only the way in which people have the ability to choose how to act or make their own decisions, but also the way in which people act in the way that others expect them to by going against their beliefs. People who have their free will always find happiness, freedom by choosing

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    Okonkwo- A Man's Failure To Achieve Happiness Thucydides once said “The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage”. Okonkwo strives to find fulfillment and happiness in his life which driven by the fear of turning out like his father. This drive traps him and prevents him from achieving his fought for status in the clan, his highest titles, fulfillment, and happiness. In Chinua Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart he develops a main character, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is portrayed

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    do not live for himself but live for his brothers the thought of individual is not tolerated. People live their whole life with their brothers on their back. There is no freedom in a world where basic rights are not applied. The significance of these quotes are the discovery of freedom, truth and trust upon one individual. Freedom is granted to every humans just simply because they are human beings. Equality did not discover

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    Four Freedoms Park, is a piece of public history and is a shrine to former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it lies at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island bordered by the choppy waters of the East River on both sides. The park itself is triangular and compact, as it narrows and ultimately cumulates to a bronze figurehead of FDR, which marks the entrance to an open aired room made entirely of white marble. The exhibit is abstract, but majestic and poignant nonetheless, it gives the visitor the

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    have their freedom and that's what people are used to but in the book 1984 by George Orwell, readers see how life is for the characters with little to no freedom. Freedom is not having thoughts, actions, and speech restricted unlike in 1984 where people are constantly watched. George Orwell shows a different reality where the people have their lives controlled by Big Brother, the government, and they live in fear for the littlest things. In 1984 by George Orwell characters do not have freedom since they

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    backslashes from time to time. Maybe there is something deeply hidden which the society has not figured out yet, even women themselves. What do women want, freedom or good life? Most of the time, they are not necessarily the same thing. The play, “A Doll House” written by Henrik Ibsen back in 1879 while exiled in Germany, reveals the desire of freedom from Nora, a typical house wife in Norway back in the end of 19th century. An event of secret loan

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    Freedom “We will have difficult times. We’ve had difficult times in the past. We will have difficult times in the future.” Eulogy from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(36-37) The quote shows that struggles will never stop coming our way, but that does not mean you should give up- do not lose hope, face your challenges head on. You have to demand for your freedom because nobody else is going to stand up for what you want. Freedom can be achieved through determination because when you have a set goal in

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    Another thing is improving companies’ production by knowing consumers’ preferences and how they used the products, how long it lasted, and consumer purchasing habits. Privacy can give us more confidence and freedom to reach a decision and practice social and political activities without fear or restrictions from other external sources. The disadvantages of privacy can be the difficulty of preventing a criminal offense from happening if we don’t know any info about the criminals. Privacy is the state

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    For example, victims of these restrictions are activists for human rights. That living in fear makes the face of justice in Vietnam is getting worse because the freedom of expression is limited. Social media (television, radio, publication, composition, etc.) are strictly watched by the communists. While the government does not allow the truth be revealed to the national media

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