Essays about Freedom

The removal of South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on March 10, 2017, was perhaps a reminder of what it means for the people to govern themselves. The press exposed Park’s corruption, the informed public took to the streets in peaceful candlelight protests, the courts impeached and imprisoned her, and the people democratic elected her replacement…

Debates have sprung up for centuries regarding the right to free speech and the limitations that should be placed on this crucial right. The first Amendment of the United States Constitution first granted American citizens the right to free speech in 1791, as it was proposed in the Bill of Rights. This right allows citizens…

Understanding and obeying the law is never easy, especially if you don’t particularly agree with everything the law says. In the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, there were many changes in the way of living during the revolution. Satrapi had a difficult time changing her usual ways and she got in trouble a lot for…

Every person is entitled to their own choice to one of two needs: safety or freedom. An anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader, Nelson Mandela, once said in a speech in 1962 that, “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”…

In Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, the Mississippi River plays many roles and holds a prominent theme throughout much of the story. Huck and Jim are without a doubt the happiest and most at peace when floating down the river on their raft. The river has a deeper meaning than just water and mud, almost to…

yBalances of Values and Academiic Freedom of InquiryDear Mr. R. Kirby Godsey,In the process of life we face many challenges and many crossroads. Wehave many choices and many decisions to make. In making these decisions we mustkeep in mind the moral values our parents have taught us since we were born. Those Christian values should…

Freedom to speak, freedom to choose, freedom to worship, freedom to do just about anything you want within the law. America’s law was designed to protect and preserve these freedoms. The reason the United States of America came to exist was because the colonists fled Great Britain to get back the freedoms that were taken…

From the moment she stepped foot outside, Princess Diana of Whales had camera lenses and microphones pushed in her face. She was constantly pursued and for this reason she sometimes had to hide or disguise herself in order to avoid the unyielding persistence and constant harassment of the press. Eugene Robinson, a journalist in England…

What exactly is freedom today and how does it affect us? The Oxford English Dictionary defines freedom as “The state of being able to act without hindrance or restraint, liberty of action” (524). More often than not, people do not take the time to realize all of the freedoms in existence around the world today….

If you have ever opened the midnight color doors, you have been in the world know as DV8. A world within a dance club, where they have forgotten labels, they have remembered images, and they have found true freedom. Welcome to the hottest dance club on Thursday nights. A placed called DV8. Where once a…