The Cost Of Freedom
People have to demand freedom because it’s not given to them equally even though freedom should be given with no cost. As Martin Luther King jr. states in his I have a dream speech, on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. “There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights”(King 49). In this quote he states that the Native American people have been fighting for their freedom for a long time and they won’t rest until they are free no matter the consequences. He also implies that all people should be treated equal and no one should have to fight tirelessly for their freedom. In the story Cairo: My City, Our Revolution Ahdaf Soueif, who witnessed the revolution in Cairo, Egypt in 2010, states
that “a great cry would go up and we would surge forward”(Soueif 75). This suggests that the people and they are fighting. It is not fully clear what they are fighting for just from the quote but if you read the whole story it becomes clear that they are fighting for their freedom. The struggle for freedom is shown a lot here because they are in a huge riot to protest freedom for all. Anyone could have been killed or injured in this riot so by joining it the people are showing that they are really fighting for what they believe in. In Persepolis 2 Marjane Strapi, who struggled with the restrictive laws of attire for women in Iran, says “she no longer asks herself where is my freedom of thought, where is my freedom of speech, my life is it livable, whats going on in political prisons”(Strapi 84). In this part of the graphic novel she is saying that women are fighting for their freedom differently because they aren't just fighting for there freedom of speech and equality but they are fighting for their freedom to not have to dress a certain way and be thrown in jail if they don’t follow the dress code. The women there couldn’t show their hair, their socks, or wear makeup but if they didn’t follow these rules they could be thrown in jail. The people of Iran didn’t want women to be noticed. People had to demand freedom because it wasn't given to them equally but even though people may look different on the outside they all still have feelings and they all deserve to be treated like everyone else.
that “a great cry would go up and we would surge forward”(Soueif 75). This suggests that the people and they are fighting. It is not fully clear what they are fighting for just from the quote but if you read the whole story it becomes clear that they are fighting for their freedom. The struggle for freedom is shown a lot here because they are in a huge riot to protest freedom for all. Anyone could have been killed or injured in this riot so by joining it the people are showing that they are really fighting for what they believe in. In Persepolis 2 Marjane Strapi, who struggled with the restrictive laws of attire for women in Iran, says “she no longer asks herself where is my freedom of thought, where is my freedom of speech, my life is it livable, whats going on in political prisons”(Strapi 84). In this part of the graphic novel she is saying that women are fighting for their freedom differently because they aren't just fighting for there freedom of speech and equality but they are fighting for their freedom to not have to dress a certain way and be thrown in jail if they don’t follow the dress code. The women there couldn’t show their hair, their socks, or wear makeup but if they didn’t follow these rules they could be thrown in jail. The people of Iran didn’t want women to be noticed. People had to demand freedom because it wasn't given to them equally but even though people may look different on the outside they all still have feelings and they all deserve to be treated like everyone else.