The Free Bird By Malala America Valenzuela

Freedom is never guaranteed, but rather it must be earned. One cannot depend on others to ensure their own freedom. Once it is earned, freedom becomes an extremely big responsibility for anyone that has it because with freedom, comes power. And if used properly, it can shape the world and the citizens within it. As reported by, Malala Yousafzai, Maya Angelou, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Luisa Valenzuela, to be free means to be unattached from any form of oppression and to be an independent citizen, determining the course of one’s own life. Next, a free citizen is able to live throughout the course of their life equally with others. We recognize this when Malala states, “But first of all, thank you to God, for whom we are all equal…”(Yousafzai
As stated in Malala Yousafzai’s speech, “…we want schools and education for every child’s bright future…our words can change the whole world”(Yousafzai 313). Education is extremely important in determining a path for the future. With it, we are able to gain success and thrive throughout the course of our lives, using the power which was granted to us by our freedom. As described in Maya Angelou’s poem, “The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own”(Angelou 327). Angelou explains how a free bird is able to name the sky his own. In the same way, we are able to name our own futures because with our freedom, we now have the power to do so. It is also up to us to right the many wrongs in this corrupt world. Roosevelt clearly states this concept when he says, “This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women, and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God”(Roosevelt 276). With freedom comes lots of responsibility. However, if we are able to channel all of the power that we have in the right direction, we will be able to change the world for the better and give the citizens of our nation a bright future ahead of
As Luisa Valenzuela states, “Usually it takes months, even years, if there aren’t any snags; all this time the freedom, maybe even the life, of both the sender and receiver is in jeopardy” (Valenzuela 337). In such an oppressive society like the one in Valenzuela’s story, many people’s lives are in danger due to the limited amount of freedom that is given to them. Freedom is an extremely important concept which should be granted to all people; and with it, citizens are able to enjoy their personal liberty without living in fear of their life. A beautiful picture of what it means to be free is painted when Maya Angelou States, “A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream til the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky”(Angelou 327). Like this, all people should live with freedom and the ability to do as they please. Roosevelt spoke out to the people and stated, “Today, thinking of our children and of their children, we oppose enforced isolation for ourselves or for any other part of the Americas”(Roosevelt 270). Because of our freedom we are no longer isolated from anyone and we now have the ability to act of our own