Freedom Of Fear By Suu Kyi Summary

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In 1990, while receiving the Freedom of Speech award in Myanmar, also referred to as Burma, Aung Sang Suu Kyi gave a memorable speech with the title “Freedom of Fear”. In 1948, her father Aung San, the modern founder of Burma and Prime Minister at the time was assassinated, with only one member of his cabinet having survived the attack. This member, by the name of U Ne Win went on to become her father’s successor as not only the Prime Minister, but also the new Burmese Dictator. He also appointed Suu Kyi’s mother, Khin Kyi, as the Burman Ambassador to India a little later on in his reign. After studying at Oxford, Suu Kyi returned home in 1988 to take care of her ailing mother, but what she returned home to was not the same Burma that she once …show more content…
In Suu Kyi’s case, she proclaims that although the Burman people were already experiencing “incoherent policies”, “burgeoning inflation”, and “a country in economic shambles”, the real spark of the authoritarian corruption started with the student demonstrations of 1988. These began after numerous random student abductions by the Burman military government which were resulting in the slaughtering of those very students (bookrags.com). In her writing, Suu Kyi explains that the whole country came together to form a nationwide movement. Although they were from different backgrounds, they knew what was right for each individual and knew that they would not go unnoticed. Suu Kyi is the descendant of Burman hierarchy, but it does not stop her from taking the mindset of her father, and allowing herself to be a part of the people and joining the fight for …show more content…
She was inevitably put under house arrest for her actions, but it didn’t stop her from making an impact for people around the world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, but wasn’t able to receive it until 20 years later. Her courageous self would continue to fight for the Burmese people which led to multiple house arrests in 2000, 2003, and 2009 for leading the NLD against the government demonstrators. Her quest for peace finally ended in April of 2012 after many years of bravery and defeat as she was newly elected to a seat in parliament after a grueling campaign (biography.com). Her journey wouldn’t have been the same if it wasn’t for “Freedom from Fear”. Her speech allowed those who didn’t know of the crisis in Burma to finally lend a hand to those in need and so much more. Suu Kyi now sits in her seat in Parliament with her mother’s intelligence and her father’s integrity knowing that it’s not the use of fear that makes a man powerful but the fear of losing that power which makes a man

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