America: The Home of the Confined and the Brave?
America. The home of the free and the brave. Are we truly free though? When people think about being free, they think “free” in the sense of being free from laws, restriction, or rules that are holding them back from doing whatever they want. If this is the case, then America is far from free. If America is not as free as it claims to be, then what does it mean to be free? Well for me, it depends on what the sense of freedom is. There is a religious freedom where one has reached enlightenment or a divine state of being and there is also being mentally free. These can be argued to just be illusions, but I would like to think that there is a way in which we are truly free. Being bound by certain …show more content…
Drugs such as hallucinogens affects the mind by altering reality, so in that altered state of mind, one might think they have achieved some sort of nirvana. Although this state of mind is distorted, it appears to be true to the person being affected. One is only as free as they perceive to be. Certain mental disabilities also accomplish this state of being. One might be delirious because of a certain mental disability. Their delusions could create a reality in which they appear to be free, just as well as it could create a reality in which they are confined. Other mental disabilities that have been caused by diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, create certain circumstances where one can be described as being “free”. The movie “50 First Dates” would be an excellent example of this. A woman was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on her birthday, and she would forget about every that occurred after that day—including meeting a man who ended up falling in love with her. The man would continuously ask her out on a date using different methods in hopes that she would remember him. The reason why I say that a person with this disease can be considered free is because that person would continuously forget the things that constrict and confine them (depending on the severity of their
America. The home of the free and the brave. Are we truly free though? When people think about being free, they think “free” in the sense of being free from laws, restriction, or rules that are holding them back from doing whatever they want. If this is the case, then America is far from free. If America is not as free as it claims to be, then what does it mean to be free? Well for me, it depends on what the sense of freedom is. There is a religious freedom where one has reached enlightenment or a divine state of being and there is also being mentally free. These can be argued to just be illusions, but I would like to think that there is a way in which we are truly free. Being bound by certain …show more content…
Drugs such as hallucinogens affects the mind by altering reality, so in that altered state of mind, one might think they have achieved some sort of nirvana. Although this state of mind is distorted, it appears to be true to the person being affected. One is only as free as they perceive to be. Certain mental disabilities also accomplish this state of being. One might be delirious because of a certain mental disability. Their delusions could create a reality in which they appear to be free, just as well as it could create a reality in which they are confined. Other mental disabilities that have been caused by diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, create certain circumstances where one can be described as being “free”. The movie “50 First Dates” would be an excellent example of this. A woman was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on her birthday, and she would forget about every that occurred after that day—including meeting a man who ended up falling in love with her. The man would continuously ask her out on a date using different methods in hopes that she would remember him. The reason why I say that a person with this disease can be considered free is because that person would continuously forget the things that constrict and confine them (depending on the severity of their