“I have just been robbed of my freedom.”- Elli, I Have Lived a Thousand Years, Page 182
I think that when people have their rights taken away, or are made to say or do something against their will, their freedom has been taken away. Freedom to me is being able to go wherever you want, whenever you want, being able to say and do what you like, and being in control of your own thoughts. But, in some ways people get freedom robbed from them. Someone who is making someone do something or say something that they don’t want to is robbing that person of their freedom. Freedom is something everyone should have. People make mistakes and get freedom taken away. The amount of freedom you have depends on you, and the people around you. Over time, many different people have gotten their freedom taken away, even if they did nothing at all.
For example, another time people got their freedom taken away was during segregation. They lost their freedom when blacks weren’t allowed to sit in the front of the bus, or go to the same school as whites. People weren’t allowed to go to the school they wanted, or sit where they wanted. Therefore blacks had their freedom taken from them. It wasn’t their fault. The people around them cause their freedom to be taken away. But there are good people in the world who help people get it back. Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped blacks get their rights back, by standing up for what they believe in and making a change.They, like upstanders during the Holocaust, risked their lives to help other people be free. Many people have gotten their freedom taken away, but some people are there to help.
I agree with you on everything that you wrote in your blog. Everything about freedom that you stated is true. I also think people should have there freedom of speech and freedom of having there privacy and more. Once your freedom is taken away from you, like the Jews and as you said the black people during the segregation, it makes their life so much harder for them to live in. Being controlled by other people that don't respect you isn't the way it should be. Also i liked how you mentioned some of the big important persons that helped with these situations that occurred. You're right they are the ones that were brave and the ones that stood up for what they wanted. They made a huge change in our life and history. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks were two great examples to put. I really liked how you made this whole comparison to the holocaust and showing how it wasn't right for the Jewish people to lose there freedom and how there life was ruined because if it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you as well, we all deserve to have the freedom of speech and privacy. It would be very difficult to live without those things. We also should not have to live in a world where we are being controlled by other people. Especially, by people who don't respect us, because then they could make us do bad things that we don't want to do. Our generation doesn't fully understand how hard it would be if those things were around now. We could never see ourselves in those positions, because we haven't been in them before.
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ReplyDeleteKali you wrote many true things here, about stolen freedom. Freedom in my opinion is when you can fight for your self and not be afraid to get punished. Do the things that you believe in. If someone makes you do some thing that is stolen freedom, and that's not what supposed to be done. It's not right that so many peoples freedoms were taken away during the war. Your right everyone deserves there freedom. Your also right about how the amount of freedom one has depends on the person, but this people didn't do anything wrong and all there freedom was taken away from them. I like your connection to the time of segregation, and how all those people had no right to anything the light skinned people had. Freedom is ours and no one should have the right to take it away from you.
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