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The freedom of speech is important because it gives us the ability to express our thoughts and opinions. (Cite) Magazine editor, Rachael Jolley said, “ Free speech has always been important throughout history because it had been used to fight for change. When we talk about rights today they would not have been achieved without free speech. Think about a time from the past-women not being able to vote, or the terrible working conditions in the mines- free speech is important as it has helped change these things.” Most people take the freedom of speech for granted because they do not realize how privileged we are to have
The essay “The Church and Prejudice” written by Frederick Douglass, and the essay “Ending His Fast” written by Cesar Chavez both had major impacts on the people of their time and on ones for many years to come. Types of speeches and essays like these helped spread awareness and led to the eventual change in the stance of modern day churches. They both talk about forms of civil rights for the minorities from the church, but they do differ on the subject of different ethnicities and life factors that were written about. Douglass and Chavez wrote these articles to spread awareness about the treatment of the church towards the minorities.
Hidden yet Effective Rhetoric In his peaceful war against segregation laws, Martin Luther King Jr. uses several rhetorical techniques to support his argument. Metaphors and repetition are two of the numerous techniques used to emotionally affect his audience, the racist government and church members accusing King’s demonstrations being “unwise and untimely”. Parallel structure is used to illustrate an antithesis in the first paragraph “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” which answers the opposition’s argument that what is being done is unwise and untimely. Because the parallel structure addresses both of the groups in Kings argument, the government(the oppressor) and African Americans(the
believed that not only was it the responsibility of individuals to remedy the situation of racial injustice to achieve inequality but also it was the job of society as a whole (the state). However, Martin Luther King Jr. noted in piece titled, “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” (1963) that, “We know through painful experience that freedom is not voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” (MLK, 580) I find this quote to be important as during the creation of our founding documents, the founding fathers were very intentional as to what they wanted. It was not in the interests of the founding fathers to provide equal rights to everyone, as doing so would ultimately put them all on the same pedestal which would not give them the level of superiority in which they believed they were entitled to.
Being free was not meant for everybody especially the African American or slaves . Slaves didn’t have the freedom of choice, education, and freedom of speech. Freedom was an enormous word that slaves wanted and that people against slavery want too. The word freedom is written all over the Civil War and text we have been reading like Abraham Lincoln speeches and Sojourner Truth’s speech and the poem that help Americans abolish slavery.
The American Dream is something that everybody strives to accomplish throughout their life no matter where they come from. Three people have strived to create the American Dream for other people and not just themselves. These people are Martin Luther King Jr, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted African Americans to achieve their american dream of being considered equal to whites in every aspect. Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott strived and rallied for women’s right in society.
George Washington once said, “If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” I agree with this quote, and feel that America should never lose this right, as it gives people freedom, unlike the society in the book, Anthem. In my opinion, America is not an Anthem society because America is a land of freedom, not censorship, due to our individual rights such as the freedom of speech, which gives us freedom of thought and expression. To start, America is not an Anthem society because America is a land of freedom, not censorship, to due to our individual rights, such as the freedom of speech. The freedom of speech is the ability to say what you like about any subject to any one.
Racism is a euphemism for dictatorship. As it has been seen in history, persons in authority find it difficult to relinquish their position and tend to be corrupted by power itself. This creates a state of dictatorship wherein the freedom of a certain people is greatly limited. This quote is compelling because it is a fundamental truth that has proven true throughout history. Those have the authority over others do not simply give up their control without a cause to do so.
Not many people have courage, but these two men let the reader know how much courage they both had. Martin Luther king, JR. was the most courageous. He went to jail just to support and defend people who were being mistreated. He also traveled to Birmingham just to try to make things better not knowing what was going to happen.
Voting is a right that we all should be able to take part in as an American citizen. The passage “Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?” by Susan B. Anthony uses logos by using her reasoning to express the truth that voting is not a crime. The passage “Freedom of Death” by Emmeline Pankhurst, uses ethos to persuade the audience that through her own experience she is able to relate to the effectiveness of the right for women to vote. Susan B. Anthony highlights how important it is for equal rights to be present and Emmeline Pankhurst reveals how women rights are always compared to men.
Freedom of speech is one of the many essential core values that The United States of America was founded on. The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights prohibits the United States government from making laws which may infringe on our natural right to free speech. Without free speech, our generation and future generations alike would lack intellectual vitality. Being exposed to different ideas and beliefs is necessary for people to be able to formulate their own personal beliefs. Taking away or limiting free speech would be living life fearing that you will express an unpopular opinion in the eyes of certain people.
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free" said Rosa Parks. Some think freedom means being able to say what you want and worship who you want but it says what freedom means to me not what does freedom mean. To me freedom means courage and strength this is because the people that earned it were courageous and full of strength.
The First Amendment that allows us to have Free Speech is by far probably one of the most important rights we have. One could say that Freedom of speech is as American as eating boiled peanuts at a football game, but the problem is not everyone may like boiled peanuts or football. This right gives people the opportunity to say what’s on their mind without fear of reprisal even if it offends others. Freedoms of speech rights have been interpreted differently throughout history and those interpretations have been questioned many different times, in many different ways.
Each generation always has a vision for a brighter, better future. George Orwell’s book Animal Farm had a leader, an old pig named Old Major, who envisioned a future full of hope and prosperity amongst the animals. Martin Luther King, Jr. also wanted a hopeful future where everyone was treated equally. They both were visionaries who one day made a speech and proclaimed it to people who thought the same way. Old Major’s speech and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech can be compared through the situations they both faced with the groups they represented, the vision and solution they had for the future, and the literary devices that they used in their speech.
The Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Proclamation, and The Constitution all declared everyone of all color to be free ;however, people are still segregated and denied their rights based on the color of their skin. In the speech “I have a Dream” by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. he persuades his audience to treat everyone (of all color) as equals and to give everyone the rights that they deserve. This speech was the most compelling because there were many rhetorical devices being used which helped emphasize the idea of all men being equal and free. It also emphasized how much he fought to be equal with no hatred in his heart.
