A good citizen is rare person to come across. They are traditionally thought as someone who obeys their country’s laws and the guidelines set by the gods with no exception. Unfortunately‚ a country’s government can enforce unjust laws. What is a so called good citizen to do when this occurs is the question. A good citizen is not always a rule follower. In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ a misunderstanding is depicted. Antigone‚ the main character‚ is seen as someone who is completely defiant against
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themselves becoming a citizen not only through their natural birth place but a citizen of the world. There are many ways to understand citizenship or being a global citizen. Based on the legal-political view‚ citizenship is a status granted on individuals by political communities that they belong in. It can also be defined as people giving allegiance to a country‚ they have to accept and uphold the duties‚ responsibilities and exercise the rights that they are entitled to as citizens such as obeying
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EleXis Palmer October 11‚ 2011 Ap Lang and Comp 5 Thesis Essay “What is the relationship between the citizen and the state?” We are not citizens but subjects‚ being subjected to the ruling of one power. We claim that we despise the government and that the government is out to get us‚ but if you think of what our society would be without a government we would be in total chaos. Sometimes we try to free ourselves from the state‚ and run‚ just as Tim O’Brien did in “On the Rainy River.”
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drew upon the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution to make their respective cases by invoking the equality clause‚ the Founding Fathers intentions regarding slavery’s expansion‚ and states’ rights. The United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence both proclaimed that all men were created equal and that they were entitled to inalienable rights‚ of which the government should never violate. Any government that should infringe on such rights can and should
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on their life on their daily lives. This lead to us teens to write our declaration to let us teens decide choices in our lives‚ then having our parents and grandparents choose for us. This declaration shall be read to the world and help us gain independence from being over controlled by our parents‚ grandparents‚ and adults. I hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all teens are created equal and are given unalienable Rights of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of what makes us teens happy and if
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The Constitution did not fulfill the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence because it gave the government more power than the people. The Declaration of Independence promised that when the government failed the people‚ that they (the people) could overrule the the government and institute a new one. The Constitution on the other hand takes away rights of the people‚ and gives the government ultimate power. Although extremely helpful to our society and the way our country is run‚ the
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GOVERNMENT SPYING ON CITIZENS Even now – after all of the revelations by Edward Snowden and other whistle-blowers – spying apologists say that the reports are “exaggerated” or “overblown”‚ and that the government only spies on potential bad guys. In reality‚ the government is spying on everyone’s digital and old-fashioned communications. For example‚ the government is photographing the outside information on every piece of snail mail. The government is spying on you through your phone … and may
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respect. With high hopes that in doing so‚ we can come to an agreement much sooner. and so we as students‚ can look onto our future in our courses‚ and see that it be bright. it must become known that as FLVS we are entitled to certain rights. some of those rights include; mental well-being‚ time‚ sanity‚ and satisfaction. we are prisoners to our own computers‚ desktops and laptops. forces to do hours of work every week. it is as if our mental state and sanity is ignored‚ the stress of not being
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despite some kind of injustice within them? Are good citizens obliged to blindly follow the government policies? It follows then‚ what is good citizenship? Henry David Thoreau provides an adequate definition of good citizenship within his essay‚ Civil Disobedience; Thoreau discusses certain characteristics of a good citizen. Examples of Thoreau’s definition exist in both the ancient and contemporary culture. Sophocles describes Antigone as a good citizen by Thoreau’s definition. Within the play‚ Antigone
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Privileges of a senior Citizen We all know that a senior citizen is an old version in our generation. They are the person above 60. Since they are old and their body are weak‚ it’s hard for them to eat ‚ exercise ‚ to work and of course to SURVIVE. The old ladies or old men out there are sometimes abandoned by their family. Some leave their houses because they feel that they are not a part of that family. Some are treated not right and some are lost.
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