To Kill A Mockingbird Essay On Freedom And Equality

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Freedom and equality; two different things that can be taken into the extreme wrongdoing. Our ancestors, who once had a vision for this country, would not know that this country would eventually be a world of shame. Freedom is a word that many people don’t use lightly. Freedom can pertain to being free from restraints, whereas equality pertains to all being equal or the same. Every person has their own personality and everyone is unique in their own way. Just because someone has a different color of skin than you, or has different beliefs means that they get to be punished for it? Many are kept back from equality, because it’s a result of their sacrifice to freedom. Equality is such a big part of the society today, because it plays a big role in everyone’s life. Every single person shares moral abilities and yet we still think that one person is different. There are so many people who have tried to make a difference in this country, just to be treated like everyone else. Take Rosa Parks for example. Rosa was a colored woman born in the 1900’s who made a difference for her …show more content…
At the time of the mockingbird, things were so strict and would have went to jail. In a sense, there is a dominance in which the white race think they are in charge. They think they can control everyone’s actions by providing laws and putting them in place. The ancestors of this nation had it set out to be equal for all, and shortly after we are here creating laws against other races. Several years down the road, you get to Arnold Spirit and he is going to school with whites. He may not be African American but he is Indian and so that still makes the school system segregated. We have come such a long way from the beginning of this nation to the very point we are now. Many are kept back from equality, because it’s a result of their sacrifice to

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