Following A Dream Toward Freedom
Freedom was and still is the dream of every American. Freedom is defined as the liberty of choice or action, self-determination of rational beings, the right to enjoy privileges of membership or citizenship, and independence. The natural rights of all men have been stated as "life, liberty, and the puruit of happiness." In order for freedom to exist, people must take on the responsibility to pursue and maintain their dream.
The dream of freedom requires people to take responsibility to govern themselves in a way in which freedom can succeed without chaos. Civilizations have used governmental law and social rules to regulate their citizens. People must maintain a direct hold on their government and society through their laws and social structure, allowing for each individual within their citizenship to keep their own identity while participating in the civilization as a whole.
When people take on the responsibility of their citizenship and follow the laws and rules founded for them, freedom is allowed to work for everyone.
"In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms," stated Franklin Roosevelt in his 1941 President's Annual Address to Congress. "The first is freedom of speech and expression-everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way-everywhere in the world. The third is freedom want-which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants- everywhere in the world. The forth is freedom from fear-which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a through fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggrestion against any neighbor-anywhere in the world," stated
President Roosevelt.
The first Americans followed their dream toward freedom by coming to
America and founding the colonies which have evoled into the cities and towns present to this day. The officers and soldiers of our great country followed their dream toward freedom by fighting and sacrificing their lives for the
It is interesting to analyze the gender problematic in the Odyssey through the lens of the roles of women in this epic. This epic is dependant on the role of women. It is difficult to completely judge the beliefs about the gender roles in Greek culture based solely on the Odyssey. At times, the roles and actions of women in this poem show the male chauvinist view, that they are objects of beauty and have to succumb to manipulation and trickery to accomplish a goal. There are other times when a woman's strength and intelligence come through. Homer uses this interplay to make the epic more interesting and develops an underlying theme of a battle of the sexes.
The Odyssey was written in a time when men played the dominant role. In ancient Greece, women occupied a subservient position. Society was organized and directed by men, and all of the most important positions in society were held by men. Women were valued, but they participated in the affairs of the world only when they had the permission or open approval of the men who directed their lives.
The contradictory views of women presented by Homer, and the complexities of all main characters in the Odyssey, prove that Homer had a very good sense about human nature. Not all women are virtuous and admirable, but not all women lack positive virtues; and of course, some women cannot fit either extreme. Even the characters he sets up as role models are not perfect. Homer’s works have been so successful throughout history largely for that reason, I believe. Regardless, the Odyssey is a fascinating study of human nature and an exciting story of homecoming.
The region known as Mesopotamia, deriving from the Greek term Μεσοποταμία meaning “land between the rivers”, is situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq and Syria. It can be divided into two sections, northern and southern Mesopotamia, the later of which will be the focus of this study.1 Archaeological remains suggest that small agricultural communities began to populate southern Mesopotamia during the Ubaid Period (5500-4000BC).2 However, settlement patterns shifted during the Uruk period, as people were no longer interested in establishing small agricultural sites, but began moving towards larger urbanised cities.3 The movement eventuated in the development of the Sumerian culture during the Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334BC). However in 2334BC, the Semites from northern Mesopotamia undertook a series of military campaigns to gain control over their southern counterparts. 4These campaigns, led by Sargon, were successful and they subsequently led to the formation of the Akkadian Empire. Arguably, it was during this time that the Sumero-Akkadian culture developed within southern Mesopotamia.5
The Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, relates to Odysseus’s journey back to Ithaca.1 In the poem Odysseus has had some bad luck getting home, with some of the gods helping him and some hindering him; his journey towards home is a constant struggle. Throughout the epic Homer portrays diverse relationships in Odysseus’s journey. Odysseus experiences a lot of inconsistent emotions; a lot of this is attributed to the physical and mental hell he goes through on this remarkable voyage. This is an epic tale of a man’s heroic quest, from which women play an incredibly large role. Homer’s tale, The Odyssey revolves around Odysseus’s quest to return back to his wife, Penelope, so that he may be reunited with her and assume control
Eighteen days after conception, the fetus contains its own heartbeat. After three months the fetus has already developed all the organs and all the systems in their body needed. They are able to move around and do many other things. When I look at these facts and think about abortion, it seems evident that this is murder. In my opinion abortion is immoral, but on the other hand there are specific conditions and circumstances where abortion can be morally justified. Every year there are about 1.2 million abortions and out of those only 1-2% are because of therapeutic abortion or the cause of rape. That 1-2% is the group that I believe are justified in aborting their pregnancy, because I believe in the protection of life the mother who is already a fully developed human being should be saved first, and in the case of a rape victim why should they suffer even greater consequences of such a violent act to begin with?
Early ages of Greece introduce the norms Homeric society, including the division of genders. Masculinity was portrayed as the better and bigger trait that was found in men because it depicted strength and authority. Femininity on the other hand was portrayed as frail and weak for their submission and compassion. It was the norm for women to answer to the men in charge who made all the decisions. The epic poem, “The Odyssey” written by Homer illustrates Telemachos and Penelope have a controlling male dominant relationship, symbolizing the ideal gender roles in Homeric society, where as an Odysseus’ encounter with Arete shows a controlling female dominant association, representing a complexity in gender roles of Homeric society switch.
In the Odyssey, women play a much greater role in the development of the story than in previous instances in Greek Mythology. These women, such as the Sirens and Circe, not only serve the purpose of providing multiple opportunities for Odysseus to abandon his responsibilities in Ithaca but they are also integral to the theme of seduction and male weakness in the Odyssey. While some of the female characters in this epic do support the male heroes, their role in the Odyssey has more to do with showing how simple it would be for these heroes to fail. Their purpose in the epic, to some extent, is to support the male heroes in this way.
The Odyssey of Homer and “Medea” are two of the better-known Greek literary works that emphasize the role of women in society. Odysseus returned home from his long journey to find Penelope’s loyalty unwavering to her husband, despite going through several hardships to keep this sense of loyalty. For example, while Odysseus was on his journey, she agrees to remarry on condition, which appears as though she is betraying her husband. On the other hand, Medea, the wife of Jason, took an opposite approach in response to gender role expectations. Once she discovered that Jason found a new wife and abandoned her, she tried to do something in order to ruin his name and reputation. We see from here that while Penelope conforms to the expectations of
“What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security didn’t depend upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter an enemy attack?”
As an American who’s been raised in a country that firmly believes in its own excellence, I’ve always believed that my government would do anything within its power to protect me from all harm, and that I will be safely enclosed by its borders. Some may perceive this opinion as naive, but I have never had any reason to doubt my security. I believed a country as great as America would always be able to handle any issues that it encountered in a reasonable and measured fashion, equally maintaining the freedom of all of its citizens. However, I was mistaken.
The Prison system can help juveniles turn their lives around; rehabilitation gives juveniles a second chance. Successful rehabilitation, many argue, is better for society in the long run than releasing someone who 's spent their entire young adult life in general Prison population. A young person released from juvenile Prison is far less likely to commit a crime than someone coming out of an adult facility. Children do not have the intellectual or moral capacity to understand the consequences of their actions; similarly, they lack the same capacity to be trial defendants. Children shouldn 't be able to get deadly weapons in the first place. Adults who provide juveniles with guns used in violent crimes should be held at least as accountable
After World War II, soldiers came home, families began, lives started where they had once been halted and life changed in significant ways. It was as though America had accomplished some long overdue journey and that they had arrived at last in paradise. Walter Lippmann is quoted in The Unfinished Journey as follows, “We talk about ourselves these days as if we were a completed society, one which has no further great business to transact.” (P.105)
I have a dream… you have a dream… our nation has a dream… our world has a dream. We all have a dream.
Memory is strange like that. I also agree with Ericsson’s thinking as - if anyone cared about holding on to the past as much as AJ does, the feat of memorizing one 's life would be well within reach. I like competition very much. I know how much countries spend on armies, what their GDPs are, how much population do they have, et al. I am not saying that I have the exact figure like AJ, but my answer lie within a good range. So I support that it’s what you want to remember is that going to be fixed in your LTM. In the case of external memory and internal memory- I think we should all use internal memory and be least dependent of external sources like Internet. Although we might not pass accurate information to the coming generation, I don’t find it very useful to our brains as we try to give it rest by not letting it do the work to