The New Freedom

the excerpt from The New Freedom by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president declares government to be an instrument that must be altered to fit the new structure of society. Deeming former laws focusing on the relationship between employer and employee “antiquated and impossible,” Wilson calls for the implementation of new government policies. As new developments take place, the speaker perceives old political formulas to be no longer fit and demands the government to adapt to new ways. By stating that

people want opinions. In these cases, experienced persons might publish professional, personal beliefs about an important historical or political event. Take, for example, President Obama’s 2009 presidential inauguration speech. Themed “A New Birth of Freedom,” his speech centered around the idea that although America is going through hard times, we, with kindness and determination, will push through and prosper. It was fairly too the point, and the President did not gloss over things, stating his

In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the country of the United States. Even before its independence from Britain, the America was vastly recognized as the land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many immigrants

Emotional and Personal Freedom vs Peace and Control Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, is a compelling story about a futuristic world called the World State, where humans are manufactured and conditioned to behave in the way the World Leaders want them to. Bernard Marx is an outcast of the society because he does not agree with the teachings of the State. So, when he visits the savage reservation and meets John, they connect over what their thoughts of what a society should look like. Conditioning

symbolization of hair and the motif of speech to substantiate that one must be confident in making decisions to have individual power. When Janie is in a relationship with Joe “Jody” Starks, he restricts the freedom she has through Hurston’s symbolization of hair. Joe begins this oppression of her freedom when he witnesses the townsman Walter stroking the end of Janie’s braid “ever so lightly as to enjoy the feel of it without Janie knowing what he was doing” (Hurston 55). This violation of Janie’s body

Truman vs. Roosevelt in Progressivism Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" and Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom" were revolutionary thoughts in the early part of the 20th century. Well ahead of its time were the economic intervention policies introduced by these Presidents to transform America into a strong and fair country. The main concern of these "progressives" was the abuse of power by government and businesses. Even though Wilson's plan and Roosevelt's plan would differ in several ways

In the dystopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the thematic elements of freedom are truly defined through the institutions within the society that prevent it and because of this I think that freedom and the lack thereof is the main theme in this novel. Freedom in Brave New World is an interesting topic due to the lack of it brought by the society, because of this it is much easier to explain this theme using scenes where there is no freedom. In Huxley’s novel the people in the society

The three characters central to the plot of Huxley’s novel Brave New World all have different interpretations of what it means to be free. The ideas of Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson are impacted in different ways from those of John the Savage due to their different cultures and upbringings. Despite having similar lives, Marx’s perspective of freedom comes from insecurity, while Watson’s vision of freedom comes from an excess of security; being too perfect. Looking cumulatively at their idea and

Our world acts as a scale between order and freedom. A slight tip does not throw off the scale, however, the slight tip will gradually create a large imbalance in time, which will throw the world into chaos. Missing elements in society characterize a dystopian literature, and often the missing elements refer to balance between order and freedom. In their modern dystopian novels, Brave New World and Lord of the Flies, both Aldous Huxley and William Golding reveal the necessity of balance and how an

The concept of freedom is always changing and is often open to interpretation. In today’s society, humans are generally born free with equal dignity and rights. Depending on the society one is born into, their interpretation of who really has freedom can change. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the mass production of humans, conditioning, and the use of drugs through technology maintains sovereignty within society. This results in freedom being taken from citizens living in a dehumanized society