All in all the book showed me that you don’t have to be like everyone and normal is or rated. Equality 7-2521 didn’t learn this until he got exiled from every one. I think when Ayn wrote “Anthem” that what he want people to know, to embrace your differences. If people understood the message of the book the world would start changing and no one would envy someone just thumbs up for their style and
In particular, Section 2, freedom of expression, does not state specifically the degree to which it can be used. Meanwhile, it is mentioned in Section 15 (1) that every citizen has the right to equal protection from discrimination before and under the law; Zundel violates this section of the Charter since he was allowed to publish a book based on his personal prejudice and attack on an identifiable group. Similarly, Keegstra, an Alberta high school teacher, denied the existence of the Holocaust and promoted his ideas to the classroom; but unlike Zundel, he was denied his freedom of expression even though Zundel was just as discriminatory towards the Jews. This is an example of the inconsistencies with a liberal view of the Charter- Section 2 most notably- and so, with a more conservative view, certain limits would be placed on the individual's rights to eliminate ambiguity, confusion, and contradictions in the law as much as possible; this in turn will give people a clearer understanding as to how far they can use these rights to defend themselves so that there is no abuse of rights. Not only that, but similar cases will also be treated equally.
In this story, Thomas is the one who is othered. He is othered by the others on the reservations. He had been othered since he was younger. People wanted nothing to do with him. One example is when the author says “Thomas was a storyteller that nobody wanted to listen to.” (Alexie, 1994, para 16) The othering did not stop as he got older.
He explains that he himself has tried everything once, and contrary to our popular belief, he has not become a drug user or abuser. He brings to our mind the ideas that our country was founded on in that every man has the right to do what he wants as long as it doesn't interfere with his neighbor's right to do what he wants. Vidal also accused the US government for the deaths of kids that were hooked on heroin due Mexican marijuana in 1969. He proposed that the drugs be labeled with a precise description of what effect , good or bad and what effect the drug will have on the taker. Requiring "heroic honesty" on the part of the government, this will take enormous effort to admit that marijuana is neither addictive nor dangerous, unlike speed, which kills most unpleasantly, or heroin, which is addictive and difficult to kick.
When nobody thinks for themselves the world is run by the only few that do. When a society is run by a select few people, there are no checks and balances to keep things running. Ray Bradbury wrote “a novel of censorship and defiance” to show us what will happen if nobody questions, challenges, or thinks for themselves. “ He had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs...” to realize what really lied behind the books. Under every book that was turned into ash was a person that challenged society, and wrote down their thoughts.
We see this new era of governmental power being generated much like in the novel 1984, by George Orwell, where nothing the public can do is private, and the government plays this “big brother” role limiting the rights of the civilians. For example former president George W. Bush, initiated something called the Liberty Act, a program that allows the government to listen in on random phone calls or even see text messages, a bold piece of legislation that allows the government to have capabilities over the people’s privacy. As the fear arises from day to day, it impacts our lives even when we aren’t expecting it; people refusing to fly airlines, or even go into large cities are often examples. And it is because of these agitations that
Is Anything Real? By Bradford Fisher Ms. Lewis Hon. English II 6 Feb. 2012 Outline Thesis statement: Since the Party fully controls its people along with how they perceive the past and present, any genuine truth eventually becomes altered so much that no evidence exists to disprove the change, making the new truth a falsehood. I. Total control on way of life A.
The “Thought Police” are similar to how the government uses our private surveillances such as, phone records, emails, and wiretapping to know what we talk about and whom we talk to. Another example Orwell says, “The command of the old despotism was ‘Thou shalt not.’ The command of the totalitarians was ‘Thou shalt’. Our command is ‘Thou art.’ No one whom we bring to his place ever stands out against us”(255). He explains how in 1984, their depositions are less accurate than the original ones in our government. There are more similarities between our two societies, including lack of privacy, brainwashing, lack of concern for others that we do not associate with, and most importantly, the lack of creativity and thinking for one.
In “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut shows how fairness and absolute equality roles the near future. George, Hazel, and Harrison Bergeron are the three main characters in this story. They live in a time when the 211th, 212th, and 213th are the laws of the land, which makes being different basically impossible. The agents of the Handicapper General make sure that all laws are properly enforced. No matter what abilities God has blessed them with they are unable to showcase their personal strengths to the world.
In Equalitys society, he was raised believing that the council knows all and that there was no such meaning of individuality(I), only the concept of being grouped together(we). His society never taught its people of relationships, only of the Palace of Mating, where females of the age 18 or over and males of 20 and over go to reproduce. Equality thought that this was the best place he could possibly be since he was with all of his brethren. Lincolns society was also raised with the knowledge of 15 year-olds. Also, no females or males were allowed to get close to eachother, just like in the society that Equality grew up in.