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Fahrenheit 451: Is Freedom Really Free?

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Is freedom really free.? In my opinion it's not. This is one of the biggest topic that people talk about. I might be wrong but in my opinion freedom isn't free because in some laws, the government doesn't let people read book just like in the book of Fahrenheit 451. I think that this topic is the same as Fahrenheit 451 because in the book the people didn't have the right to read books. For other people this law is wrong because people have the right to read books. Paragraph 2 - Argument 1 with APA Cited Source: What is freedom.? Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. People have the right to speak and think by there self and not by other people. As Martin Luther King said ¨ẗhank god Almighty we are free at last¨. In Fahrenheit 451 Jeffrey A. Frank …show more content…

Some people don't understand what it means to be free of taking by yourself and having the right of talking. The Federal communications commision is planning to change the net neutrality regulations to control the things we do. If we allow government agencies to further control our freedom to communicate, express, and locate information, we may wind up in the depressing dystopian society displayed in Fahrenheit 451. They want people to be alike but people were born to be different. Paragraph 4 - Argument 3 with APA Cited Source: In the U.S the freedoms are by far more dictatorship countries like North Korea. The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. Freedom has been a long history that predates modern international human right instruments. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man.People have been arguing with the government for the same rights for

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