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    government to take total control over its citizens, stripping away their dignity and freedom. In Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s novel “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”, the Soviet Union’s ability to strip away those who go against their vision is very evident in Shukhov’s ten year sentence and life in the gulag. In World War I, the action of total war comes into play, which took a toll on not only the freedom of the soldiers fighting in Europe, but also the women back home who had enter the workforce

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    Mrs. Louise Mallard, the main character from Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour,” is not the housewife that those around her assume. Although she loves her husband, she is shocked and overwhelmed by the sense of new-found freedom that accompanies her husband’s alleged death. Mrs. Mallard represents the patriarchal control over women of her time, as well as the postulation that a woman could not maintain her independence. Chopin uses Louise Mallard’s reactions to her husband’s supposed

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    Final Essay Since the founding of America, ideas of freedom, liberty, and democracy have been the priorities of Americans. Many people have sought religious freedom in the colonies which led to the founding of other colonies which turned into states. The new world was supposed to be a land of freedom, but many African Americans faced hard lives here. The revolutionary war helped bring an end to slavery and it caused the many whites to challenge black slavery because of revolutionary principles of

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    control would be like? In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, government control, lack of freedom and dehumanization are prevalent themes that become significant. In the novel there is something called “World State” or most commonly known as their government. Through government control, and dehumanization, peoples thoughts, feelings, and every aspect of their life is completely controlled by the government. From the time children are born in Brave New world they are given a role in society they

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    Struggle for Freedom in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn       "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out." The aforementioned quotation best describes Huck's philosophy when faced with ties that bind. When he is unable to take the restrictions of life any longer, whether

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    mankind. Although all of them had different beliefs, there was one idea that everyone had in common.The main idea shared by these enlightenment thinkers was that individual freedom could improve different aspects of society. John Locke believed individual freedom could improve freedom in government, Voltaire believed individual freedom

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    Freedom is an amazing thing in day to day life no matter where you go, Imagine the world without freedom? In the 1700’s to the 1900’s America fought for 300 plus years and established freedom. The most effective way to get freedom is to make rules, make sure the people obey the rules, and have the people Government for the people. because without rules you wouldn’t have freedom at all but despite all these laws and rules, the whole world or even the USA has never one hundred percent had freedom

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    one and as it was the first day of free India, providing the feeling of being a united nation. Nehruji, in line 2, clearly addresses the audience by saying, ‘At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will Awake to Life and Freedom,’. This signified that the world isn’t the intended audience and while they will be asleep, India, country will be awake and listening as they are the target audience. He also expresses the joy of waking up to an independent nation. Nehru establishes

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    Civilization is driven by the power of education, and education allows people to indoctrinate children at vulnerable ages in lessons on morality and behavior. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the utopian society wants everyone to live a happy life by controlling their education; however, there is a cost. The cost is the freedom of choice, and for this reason today’s society uses education in a more efficient way. The utopian society uses hypnopaedic education to condition their citizens to do

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    The Five Freedoms of the First Amendment are Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble Peaceably, and Freedom to Petition the Government. Each and every one of them are very important and crucial to our government, they are what makes this country so unique from others. Out of the five Freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, I believe that Freedom of Speech is the most important one. Without Freedom of Speech we cannot have the other four Freedoms. In many

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