Free will is a right that every person is born with and has till the day they die. Starting as a blank slate with no influences. As people age, mature, and experience new things the debate of free will comes up. Free will is the ability to act without restraint or fate, to act on one’s own discretion. Many people believe humans have lost free will, or simply do not have it anymore. As a person, the right to free will never fades, sometimes clouded by others opinions or judgments, but the choice to do is still to each their own. Everyone has the chance to agree or disagree with an action or choice, but the results of that action might not be ideal. People feel they do not have a choice in things in everyday life but that is simply not true.
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People might look towards others to help them in that decision of which way to go. But in the end the decision is whatever that person picks. Advice is only good if taken with a grain of salt, and reviewing all the facts and aftershocks of that choice. In George Orwell’s To Shoot an Elephant, George a young officer faced with the tough action of shooting an elephant that has run amuck through the village. George is aware that the elephant is just acting out and is waiting on the owner to make it back to town, but the villagers have gotten excited for the death of the elephant. George even said that he did not want to shoot the elephant. He knew in his mind and heart that this would be wrong to kill a great beast. But he shot the elephant anyway, he explains how he felt pressured from the savage on lookers waiting to take the elephant apart. But no one forced George nor did someone come up and pull the trigger on George’s gun. George did it, he shot the elephant, his finger pulled the trigger. His free will was not at risk, possibly shadowed by the influences of others, but George was still able to make a decision. His only saving grace for justifying his actions was that the elephant stepped on and killed someone during his rampage. The influences of others may cloud judgments, but the decision is ultimately the
People might look towards others to help them in that decision of which way to go. But in the end the decision is whatever that person picks. Advice is only good if taken with a grain of salt, and reviewing all the facts and aftershocks of that choice. In George Orwell’s To Shoot an Elephant, George a young officer faced with the tough action of shooting an elephant that has run amuck through the village. George is aware that the elephant is just acting out and is waiting on the owner to make it back to town, but the villagers have gotten excited for the death of the elephant. George even said that he did not want to shoot the elephant. He knew in his mind and heart that this would be wrong to kill a great beast. But he shot the elephant anyway, he explains how he felt pressured from the savage on lookers waiting to take the elephant apart. But no one forced George nor did someone come up and pull the trigger on George’s gun. George did it, he shot the elephant, his finger pulled the trigger. His free will was not at risk, possibly shadowed by the influences of others, but George was still able to make a decision. His only saving grace for justifying his actions was that the elephant stepped on and killed someone during his rampage. The influences of others may cloud judgments, but the decision is ultimately the