Government of Illinois

Government has been around for ages. Although there are many theories why government was first established, nevertheless we need government. We need government because of its beneficial purposes such as maintaining order, providing public services, and providing protection. Also through the film “Lord Of the Flies” we’ll see why we need government. One of the reasons we need government is because it maintains order. What this means is that the government makes the rules and keeps us…

1984 built upon a negative utopian picture ruled by a rocky totalitarian government with a main male protagonist, Winston. In the novel “1984”, by George Orwell, not only winston but also the whole party look down upon the proles as insignificant, like animals. While in reality the party is the most animalistic.. In the novel, the party have only limited telescreens and spies in the proles because they’re deemed as unimportant. The proles therefore are presented with the secular dish called…

It seems as whenever there is a discussion, debate, or civic civil discourse in a room full of people, the room temperature is higher than normal. It is not any coincidence. The temperature rises because of disagreements between bantering groups of people. These days, it seems as if almost every debate or conversation getsgrows heated due to the inability or unwillingness of participants to work together, leading to arrogant guffawing and judging making the environment impotent in disagreements…

in the future and in a society where everyone is made equal through the use of handicapping measures used by the government. Harrison Bergeron, the title character of the story, attempts to break free of these handicapping measures and pays for it with his life. Diana Moon Glampers, who is The Handicapper General in the story, shot and killed Harrison in attempt to maintain government control when Harrison set himself and others free of their handicapping devices and declared himself Emperor. …

2. Civic Engagement refers to the active participation in “individual and collective activities associated with civic life, such as voting, being a political activist, joining community groups, and volunteering. While old aged people are viewed as if their “time” in society is over, many advocates of civic engagement believe that old adults such as baby boomers who have acquired a vast amount of knowledge are very useful to society. I slightly disagree with part of the meaning of civic…

Hannah Arendt traces the origins of the concept of freedom to the practice of politics in ancient Greece. According to her study, the concept of freedom was historically inseparable from political action. Politics could only be practiced by those who had freed themselves from the necessities of life, so that they could attend to the realm of political affairs. According to Arendt, the concept of freedom became associated with the Christian notion of freedom of the will, or inner freedom, around…

Rousseau is wrong in his assertion about censorship and trying to control the court of public opinion, as people need freedom of thought and speech to advance ideas and keep ignorance from prevailing. Rousseau makes his argument in The Social Contract where he says we must not let the public opinion be in the hands of the people because it is the base of citizens’ morality and they will corrupt it. However, you cannot tell people how to think and advance a society on a subject because if you are…

How the theme that is said in this prompt can be incorporated into the novel is when things get shaky when the administration starts wondering about what caused the suspension of Philip Malloy. In the novel this happened especially when Philip became “world famous” just because of singing the National Anthem. What this resulted was not only getting his justice but he was also getting so many telegrams and letters sent to him just for some patriotism notice that people have in the states.…

through the impeachment process. A survey was done after he left office that determined most Americans did not want him to be impeached. Clinton did amazing things for this country however he had to be held to the Rule of Law just like every other government…

completely serve as beneficial for the people. This national government imposed in the Constitution does not serve to protect the liberties of the people. A government so strong can only seek to control the people in the states’. I oppose the Constitution because it will risk the sovereignty of the states’. I support a strong government that is closer to the people, however, where the people are still allowed self-governance. I fear this government may have the same weakness on the people as…