Would you break the law to save a loved one? To began with, the book of “ Anthem” by Ayn Rand, “Emancipation Proclamation” by Abraham Lincoln, “Prometheus”, Greek Mythology and “Critical Thinking” by Lou. We also had a Socratic Seminar with all the students in our class. Without thinking I will break the law to save a loved one. Furthermore, in the book Anthem, Equality breaks the law when he tells the Golden one that he loves her. In the story of Anthem the strongest law that you could not break was saying the word “I”. You would be killed if you said this. The Golden one broke that law when she told Equality that she loves him. “ With him, she grapples with a desire to find the word I in order express her love for him” in this quote …show more content…
Abraham Lincoln was trying to free the slaves because he did not like having slaves he believed everyone had the same rights. He was trying to free the slaves in the year of 1863 “The Emancipation Proclamation, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.” In this quote it's talks when Abraham lincoln changes the law of having slaves because the thought that everyone was equal. In my personal experience when my mom sends me to the store to buy something and I see a better price so I change the item so my mom could save …show more content…
Prometheus disobeys the law because he said that the humans were suffering without fire. “If they only had fire, said Prometheus to himself, they could at least warm themselves and cook their food; and after a while they could learn to make tools and build themselves houses. Without fire, they are worse off than beasts.” In this quote is talking about when Prometheus broke the law for the humans so they won't be miserable so they could have better conditions of life. In my personal life when I was in my class of English the teacher always gets mad when we talk, but one of my friends need it to help in English, so I help him in the class but at the end the teacher got mad at me but my friend could finish his work. Furthermore, in the video of critical thinking by Leo, he said that “we need to think deeply to understand why the things are the why they are ” this is related to my question, will you break the law to save a loved one,because if you break the law you need to understand that they will be a punishment. In the quotes it talks that you need to think In most of the time first think and then act. In my personal life this is related to me because sometimes I don't think i just act without thinking and that has given me a lot of
The book Anthem is a book that can be perceived many various ways. To me, Anthem is about an outstandingly smart young man, named Equality 7-2521
Ayn Rand, in Anthem, illustrates a futuristic, socialist society. In the novel, Rand destroys any sense of individuality and describes the social setbacks endured after living ‘only for the brotherhood’. The individual person fails to exist and is but a ‘we’ and recognized by a word and a series of numbers rather than a name. Additionally, she describes the horrors encountered within this different system of life: from reproduction methods to punishments. Through the life of Equality 7-2521, Rand demonstrates a person’s journey from obedience to exile in this socialist society. Throughout the entire novel, Rand criticizes Marxist theory as she demonstrates socialism’s failure to suppress revolution, thwart material dialectic, and its detriment to humanity.
Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery was the belief that the expansion of it to Free states and new territories should be ceased and that it eventually be abolished completely throughout the country. He believed simply that slavery was morally wrong, along with socially and politically wrong in the eyes of a Republican. Lincoln felt that this was a very important issue during the time period because there was starting to be much controversy between the Republicans and the Democrats regarding this issue. There was also a separation between the north and the south in the union, the north harboring the Free states and the south harboring the slave states. Lincoln refers many times to the Constitution and its relations to slavery. He was convinced that when our founding fathers wrote the Constitution their intentions were to be quite vague surrounding the topic of slavery and African-Americans, for the reason that he believes was because the fathers intended for slavery to come to an end in the distant future, in which Lincoln refers to the "ultimate extinction" of slavery. He also states that the men who wrote the constitution were wiser men, but obviously did not have the experience or technological advances that the men of his day did, hence the reasons of the measures taken by our founding fathers.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States during the beginning era of Reconstruction, had plans to free slaves and grant them freedoms like never before. In 1863, before
In the novella, someone is even killed for saying the forbidden word. None of Anthem’s civilians question the constant governmental control. "There is no reason to have guards for men have never defied the Councils so far as to escape from whatever place they were ordered to be" illustrates how the characters simply accept their destinies (Rand 66-67). Later in the story Equality 7-2521 tries to show the Council a new discovery and is greeted with the following reply, "
Ayn Rand's Anthem shows us her view of our world united under what seems to be communist rule. For example their view of right and wrong; which Anthem portrays is a system of very strict rules which mainly make sure that everyone is involved in a collective role within the society in this system no one is considered an individual or that they can even think as an individual.
Imagine living in a dystopian society where the world that once thrived was completely forgotten. Individualism and freedom cease to exist. Equality 7-2521 finds himself living in this society in which he soon realizes he does not belong. Anthem, by Ayn Rand, portrays the theme of freedom versus confinement through the eyes of Equality 7-2521 as he struggles to free himself from the restricting society in which he lives.
Lincoln is famously known for ending slavery. He Issued the Emancipation of Proclamation. The presidential proclamation was issued during the American Civil War. Lincoln stated in his speech, "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of states, and henceforward shall be free." The states he was referring to were the 11 out of 22 states that still had slavery. It was because of Lincoln that millions ...
Then, once the Civil War began, he was merely trying to preserve what was left of an unstable union. The true “Emancipators” of slavery lie in the grass roots people of that time, the abolitionists, Frederick Douglas, and the slaves themselves. The slaves earned their freedom. Lincoln was merely a man who let the events of his era determine his policy. “I claim not to have controlled events but confess plainly that events controlled me.”
Lincoln presented several examples of why he wrote the “Emancipation Proclamation” speech. The emancipation of the slaves’ speech is about how Abraham Lincoln made an address to the world so that they could free the slaves in the confederate states only. One of the themes in the speech is indicated by Johnson and Guelzo. "From the outset of his presidency, Lincoln wanted to end slavery" (Johnson and Guelzo). This speech is an address that states all slaves in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia are free. A theme of the "Emancipation Proclamation" speech is that no matter what people may seem like they most of the time want to do what is right. "From the outset of his preside...
“The sacred word: EGO” These were the last words of Equality in the book Anthem. In the novella by Ayn Rand, Equality lives in a society where he is forbidden to be an individual but has difficulty fitting into these standards. Slowly Equality gives up trying to fit in and changes throughout the novel.
Lincoln had a preliminary proclamation back in September 22, 1862. The reason President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation was because, "slaves in Confederate states which were not back in the union by then would be free, but slaves in the border states were not affected. The president knew the proclamation was a temporary military measure and only congress could remove slave permanently, but had the satisfaction of seeing the 13th Amendment pass a few months before his death." In other words Lincoln wanted to give slave states their rights of freedom, but the slaves along the border wouldn 't get that right of freedom because of where they were located and who they were for. He hoped the 13th amendment would back up his plan of the emancipation proclamation. President Lincolns philosophy left such a great remark on the people of the world. It was said by many different journalists of the civil war that Lincoln was, " a man of profound feeling, just and firm principles, and incorruptible
Abraham Lincoln is known as the President who helped to free the slaves, lead the Union to victory over the confederates in the American Civil War, preserve the union of the United States and modernize the economy. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued through Presidential constitutional authority on January 1st, 1863, declared that all slaves in the ten remaining slave states were to be liberated and remain liberated. The Emancipation Proclamation freed between three and four million slaves, however, since it was a Presidential constitutional authority and not though congress, the Emancipation Proclamation failed to free slaves in Border States like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. Essentially, states that were under Federal Government and loyal to the Union did not have their slaves liberated; Lincoln even stating “When it took effect in January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves.” Some argue Lincoln issued this Proclamation in an attempt to satisfy the demands of Radical Republicans, members of a group within the Republican Party. Radical Republicans were a group of politicians who strongly...
Abraham Lincoln’s original views on slavery were formed through the way he was raised and the American customs of the period. Throughout Lincoln’s influential years, slavery was a recognized and a legal institution in the United States of America. Even though Lincoln began his career by declaring that he was “anti-slavery,” he was not likely to agree to instant emancipation. However, although Lincoln did not begin as a radical anti-slavery Republican, he eventually issued his Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves and in his last speech, even recommended extending voting to blacks. Although Lincoln’s feeling about blacks and slavery was quite constant over time, the evidence found between his debate with Stephen A. Douglas and his Gettysburg Address, proves that his political position and actions towards slavery have changed profoundly.
His personal beliefs had always been opposed to slavery. He believed that the Founding Fathers had put slavery on the road to extinction, and he wanted to continue it down that path. Lincoln acted very professional; he always put the nation before his personal perspective. It transformed the fight to preserve the nation into a battle for human freedom. According to the history book “A People and a Nation”, the Emancipation Proclamation was legally an ambiguous document, but as a moral and political document it had great meaning.