According to the Collins Dictionary, “freedom” is defined as “the state of being allowed to do what you want to do”(“freedom”). The definition of freedom is simple, but make yourself free is not easy. Concerning about some common cases which will take away your freedom, such as a time-cost high education attainment. In this essay, I shall persuade that everyone should try his or her best to insist on pursuing freedom. For the individual, it appears that only if you have your personal freedom, can you have a dream; for a country, it seems that only if the country is free, can the country develop; for mankind, it looks like that only if people has their own pursuit of freedom, can their thoughts evolve. In the first place, for the individual, …show more content…
Consider Jackie Robinson as an example. Jackie Robinson is a famous negro baseball athlete, he is also the first African American player in the history of Major League Baseball. African American was not allowed to participate MLB until his participation. At the beginning, he was repelled by the White, but he did not stop his steps to chase freedom. Gradually, his outstanding performance changed the point of view of the White had has toward negro. Although African American were not at liberty at that time, his participation was a big step towards true freedom (“Jackie Robinson” 2009). Eventually, it led to not only the freedom of African American nowadays, but also the evolution of human’s thought—no more prejudice toward African American (“Jackie Robinson” 2009). This may be argued that there is someone who have the freedom of thoughts but do not evolve the thoughts of human. Some hermits do has their own pursuit of freedom, but they do nothing for mankind evolution. Consider Chao Fu and Xv You, for example. They both chose to pursue freedom for themselves and refused the application to be the heir of Shang Dynasty. Therefore, they all became hermits and spent all their daily life in a mountain and did nothing to the country. It is clear that with the pursuit of freedom, they made no evolution for humankind. Thus, it is hard to say that only if people have their pursuit of freedom, can the humankind’s thought evolve. However, I disagree. I concede that they did nothing to the country, but they were exactly admired by following people from generation to generation. The story of them indicated the beginning of the Chinese people is extremely pure and free from human desires and passions. Today, although there are many challenges towards commodity economy, most people are not obsessed in the substantial but keep their step to chase freedom. It
Jackie Robinson stands at front plate, with the bat gripped firmly in his hands. The crowd, rather than cheering, was booing and shouting at him. Racial slurs were throw before the baseball ever was, but Jackie kept calm. He couldn't let them win. The pitcher finally threw the ball. Crack! The ball sails over the stadium and the crowd is full of convoluted cries and shouts. Jackie jogged home. He had won that round.
Jack Roosevelt Johnson was born in the very segregated south in Cairo, Georgia around 1919. Jackie grew up loving baseball and knew that is what he wanted to do. About two decades before Jackie was born the MLB was split between white and Negro leagues. Jackie being an African-American, of course played for the Negro Leagues. He strived in this sport. He lead the Negro League with most stolen bases and had a great batting average. Both his statistics and love for the game brought the name Jackie Robinson to the attention of the Brooklyn Dodger's manager Branch Rickey.
Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, into a family of sharecroppers in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children born to Mallie (McGriff) and Jerry Robinson, after siblings Edgar, Frank, Matthew (nicknamed "Mack"), and Willa Mae.[8][9][10] His middle name was in honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt, who died 25 days before Robinson was born.[11][12] After Robinson's father left the family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California.[13][14][15]
For much of the 20th century, African-American citizens had been disenfranchised throughout the South and the entire United States, they were regarded as inferior second-class citizens. Despite efforts to integrate society, the political and economic systems were meant to continue the cycle of oppression against African-Americans, throughout the south and indirectly yet ever present in the north. These laws of segregation, otherwise knows as Jim Crow laws, applied to almost every aspect of southern American society, including sports. During this time period, African-American athletes had to resort to second class organizational leagues to play in, this included the famous baseball player Jackie Robinson. Much of this institutionalized racism
All three of these films discussed the importance of race in America and how whites treated people of other races during this time. The two films Soul of the Game and The Life of Jackie Robinson are both about African Americans and their struggle of being accepted into the world of baseball. The third film, Hank Greenberg is about the life of Hank Greenberg and how he, as a Jew, was both ridiculed and then accepted into the world of baseball. All of these players, although they were not liked at the time, have gone down in history as some of the best baseball players in history and are certainly well known.
The idea of Freedom can be seen in Collection 2 in the textbook. Freedom can be seen in the speech “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. in the ideas/rights he introduces to his country. Freedom, or the lack of it, is in of the graphic novel “of from Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi when citizens rights to dress are limited. Lastly, in the short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela lacks freedom when the government’s safety rule is to proofread all letter that go through the system to avoid their secrets being revealed or gossip about them.
1.Hook: Two men, one tall, elderly and magical and the other black, young and fierce have a lot more in common than you may think.
Jackie Robinson overcame many struggles in life such as being included in the civil rights movement, facing discrimination, and he achieved being the first black man in major league baseball. He was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia on Hadley Ferry Road. It is a blue-collar town of about 10,000 people. Jackie Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Even though he achieved this major goal he still had trouble getting there. He and his siblings were raised by his single mother. Jackie attended Muir High School and Pasadena Junior College. He was a great athlete and played many sports. He played football, basketball, track, and of course baseball. He left school in 1941, worked as an athletic director and played semiprofessional football for the Honolulu Bears before being drafted to the Army in 1942. While he was in the army he became close friends with Joe Louis. The heavyweight used his popularity to protest about the delayed entry of black soldiers. Two years later he got the honor to be second lieutenant in 1943. After an accident where he refused to sit in the back of an unsegregated bus, military police arrested Robinson. A duty officer requested this and then later he requested that Jackie should be court martialed. Since this happened Jackie was not allowed to be deployed overseas to the World War II. He never saw combat during the war. Jackie left the Army with an honorable discharge.
According to Dictionary.com freedom means “the state of being uncontrolled by another, or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint.” Freedom. What does freedom mean to you? Even though freedom means the state of being uncontrolled by another, or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint, I believe that freedom means being able to accomplish what you desire and when you desire it without anyone saying anything, by reason of the comparison and contrast of our society and the society in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, the negation of the word freedom, and synonyms of the word freedom. I believe that you should accept the consequences of the actions you take when you have your “freedom” as well.
A hero is someone who doesn’t give up and keeps on fighting for their goal. Jackie Robinson is a great hero and came over great challenges, but he achieved his goal. How Jackie Robinson embodies the human spirt is that he broke the color barrier, and the challenges he faced, and his life.
Crack! Back, back, back the ball goes. Home run! Who hit it? It was Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player in the major league. Many people would agree Jackie was one of the best players to ever swing a bat. However, he faced many difficulties on his journey to becoming a professional baseball player. Without Jackie playing in the pros, baseball and civil rights wouldn’t be the way it is today. Baseball may have taken a long time to not be made up of mainly white players. Jackie was a beacon of hope to black people in the fact that they could compete and succeed in a white man’s sport.
Freedom can be defined in many ways, but a definition is nothing but a vague description. Freedom simply cannot be described in a few brief sentences but rather by actions. Freedom allows Americans and outsiders, wishing to achieve the American Dream, the opportunity to do so. Freedom is shown in multiple chapters throughout When We Are Free. One chapter that stood out the most, proving that we are free to do as we wish, if it complies with laws is called, A Human Action Taxonomy, written by Dale M. Haywood. This chapter discusses that as free humans, we have certain choices we can make to remain free. The choices are whether to give up some freedoms for benefits. This means is that by giving up actions such as murder and by paying taxes, the government will protect us. As free humans, we can also choose different paths instead of being forced to do what the public believes is right. We could live off the land and not interact with others or do illegal
The concept of freedom has a very wide range of definitions to it, making it another highly discussable topic. However, numerous philosophers have thought that being free is almost like being in a cage, which is ironic. A French philosopher by the name of Jean-Paul Sartre said, “freedom is hard to handle and many of us run away from it” (198). Though freedom is a basic human right, it is oftentimes very difficult to manage. With freedom, everything is a choice, which is very overwhelming. In a sense, freedom is actually a sort of cage because one can not be free without being forced to make any sort of choices and these choices dictate a certain path in life. So, this way, a person can never truly be free to do anything they want. Rousseau, a philosopher in the 18th century, also had a similar thought to that of Sartre’s. Rousseau felt that all human beings were born free, like Sartre had believed. In The Social Contract, which Rousseau published in 1761, he wrote, “man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains” (106). Just like Sartre, Rousseau concludes that as humanity, people enchain each other. Taken out of the natural environment and placed in cities, people have less freedom than in the wild though so many laws guarantee the freedom of everyone’s
Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. In America there is numerous of choices that someone may make on a daily basis. If someone were allowed to make their own choices and were being told what to do; then they would not be free. When someone is allowed to speak when they want to, and say what they want; such as their opinion or view of something. Being allowed to have a right to speak is one of the most important characteristics of being an American. Thinking and stating your opinion in any predicament it a strong part in being a citizen because people in the United States are known for being able to think in their own ways. Freedom can stretch too many things such as being able to do as they please, they are not forced into doing anything that someone may want. The citizens of the United States are not made to do anything that one may not want to do; like
Freedom is a human value that has inspired many poets, politicians, spiritual leaders, and philosophers for centuries. Poets have rhapsodized about freedom for centuries. Politicians present the utopian view that a perfect society would be one where we all live in freedom, and spiritual leaders teach that life is a spiritual journey leading the soul to unite with God, thus achieving ultimate freedom and happiness. In addition, we have the philosophers who perceive freedom as an inseparable part of our nature, and spend their lives questioning the concept of freedom and attempting to understand it (Transformative Dialogue, n.d.).