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Give me Liberty or Give me Death


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      During this week, we used the theme liberty in my 11 AP study of rhetorical analysis, that got me wondering about the complexity of this theme and how we, as humans, wonder about it as something necessary. 

        When my teacher assigned this purpose for my class, the first thing that I did was browsing the word liberty on the web, and I -not surprisely, found several pictures of the Lady Liberty and in accordance to the dictionary, Liberty is the freedom from external or foreign rule; independence. Particularly, it is more than that to me. Liberty, by my view is about several diverse things. It is about birds and their freedom to fly wherever they want to, and to always fly back too, if they want to. It is about women being free to wear any clothes that they would like to. It is about liberty of expresssion to express your opinions without being caged. It is about countries achivieng their independence. It is about saying no to any kind of submission. It is about standing up for what you believe in.So, Give me Liberty or Give me Death, each person is born with its own liberty, its own independence, and living without liberty is the same thing as birds caged, not living.

          Therefore, if you are reading this, do not accept any kind of submssion, you are not thirteen colonies, you are United States of America.        

              

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  1. Jordyn TaylorOctober 2, 2017 at 3:31 PM

    I really like how you see liberty as birds being able to fly wherever their heart desires and how it also allows people to wear whatever they want. I never thought of liberty that way but I really like your interpretation of what it means to you.

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  2. Christina SalamaOctober 2, 2017 at 4:40 PM

    The numerous examples of liberty that you wrote about really paints a vibrant image! The birds flying, the freedom of expression using clothing, not having to be caged up, it all really is very symbolic of liberty, and I think you captured it beautifully.

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  3. Lauren FormosaOctober 2, 2017 at 6:01 PM

    Your examples of liberty got me thinking of how I view liberty myself. I love that you were able to keep it positive and ended with an inspirational statement.

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  4. Sara ZakyOctober 2, 2017 at 8:57 PM

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  5. Sara ZakyOctober 2, 2017 at 9:08 PM

    I agree with your views on liberty. I like how you used metaphors, relating liberty to birds being free to fly wherever they want to. I also like how you referenced the dictionary and defined liberty before you began talking about your views on it. Overall, I think your post was inspiring and insightful.

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