Thursday, March 19, 2020

Freedom in my perspective essays

Freedom in my perspective essays "Fight and you may die. Run and you'll live, at least a while. And, dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for a chance- just a chance- to come back here and tell our enemies, that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom" that was a quote by William Wallage, a character played by Mel Gibson in his 1995 Academy Award winning film, Braveheart. In this quote, he talks about our enemies envying us because we have something that they want and desperately need, freedom. He talks about with courage comes great sense of self pride. To me, freedom is a choice, a liberty, Independence, and true happiness. Freedom is probably one of the most expensive things in the world yet it is one of the things most taken advantage of. Freedom is a gift from God to humanity and everyone should be entitled to that gift. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, these are some of the many freedoms guaranteed to us as Americans. In this country, I have the right to worship any god at any time that I choose. In this country a person can go out and say to everyone that he or she does not agree with the president and his administration, in some countries that is unheard of. A person can be a serial killer and still be tried just as fair as someone who is being tried for a minor fender-bender. That is liberty and freedom. What does freedom mean to me? To me it's the fact that I can come from Haiti, come to the United States and still have the right and opportunity to sit in a classroom and learn and yearn for more learning with other students. to me freedom is the right for me to be able to protest the tobacco industry's manipulation on kids without worry. Freedom to me is that I don't have to live up to anyone's standards, that my voice counts and I have a choice between A or B. To me freed ...

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