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Abortion
Abortion is one of the leading controversial subjects in the United States. Different political figures have had different views on the issue of abortion. Statistics show that Americans are paradoxically more likely to be against abortion than are people in other wealthy countries like Germany and France. As much as this is true the reality is the rate of pregnancy termination in America is higher than those in other wealthy countries.
Researchers from Guttmacher Institute sited two major reasons for this outcome. For many women, abortion is the only way out because to them having a baby will sort of interfere with their freedom. A baby needs a lot of care and attention. Many women in America prioritise their education and work. This makes it impossible for them to include a baby in such an equation. The issue of limited resources also makes abortion favourable to many Americans. Taking care of a pregnancy to giving birth and raising up a baby is very expensive. The issue of limited resources and additional responsibilities leaves women with no other choice than to abort.
I identify as a pro-life because I believe that every life is sacred regardless of whether it is a foetus or a born baby. In my opinion I think it is very essential to come up with neutral laws and policies that merge these two different schools of thought. The government should legislate laws and policies that clearly state what is legal and illegal as it relates to abortion. The set laws should outline limited circumstances under which a pregnant woman is allowed to have an abortion. To avoid all these controversies, extensive research in the area of abortion should be conducted which will enable policy and law makers end this controversy by stating clearly the dos and don’ts as it relates to abortion
Brutus’ Character
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Brutus’ Character
Brutus is one of the main characters in the play ‘Julius Caesar’ by Shakespeare. Throughout the play, Brutus aims to uphold his loyalty to Rome over all else, including his friendship with Caesar and his love for Portia. His loyalty and honor are the most important qualities that Brutus possesses. For any human being, these would be desirable qualities, and the people of Rome respect Brutus for this. However, Brutus faces a challenge in balancing his private and public life because of conflicts between his love for his friends and loyalty to Rome, and this conflict ultimately becomes his greatest undoing.
Brutus agrees with Cassius that Caesar has become a threat to Rome; he has become too ambitious. Cassius lets Brutus in on a plan to assassinate Caesar and redeem Rome. Many people look up to Brutus for his honor and loyalty, and this convinces them to get behind the assassination plot. One of the most critical decisions that Brutus makes in the play is to support the assassination of Caesar. Brutus tells Cassius that although he loves Caesar like a brother, he is willing to put the good of Rome before his friendship with Caesar (1.2.84-91). Brutus says that he loved Rome more than he did Caesar, and that is why he decided to take part in the assassination (Wiseman). After an argument with Cassius, Brutus exclaims that he would never wrong his enemies, let alone harm a brother (4.2.39-40). However, this statement shows that Brutus in inconsistent in his words and actions; he took part in killing Caesar, although he loved him like a brother. Brutus’ inconsistency and idealism led him to make the wrong decisions in both his private and public life and led to his death (Peters). He committed suicide in the battle of Philippi when they faced defeat.
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Peters, Cameron Luke, and Peter Anderson. “‘The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus?’: An Inquiry into the Intrigues of William Shakespeare’s adaptation of Plutarch’s Lives into Julius Caesar.” (2015).
Wiseman, Timothy Peter. Julius Caesar: Roman General. Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC, 2017.
Abolitionists John Brown and Nat Turner
Abolitionists: John Brown and Nat Turner
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Slavery has always hit the headlines whenever we talk of the colonial period. This was a very difficult time for Africans since at the time they were primitive and powerless since they did not possess the weapons the whites had. They were captured and taken to the United States as slaves (Ranganathan & Bratman, 2021). Different people, leaders included, attempted to free the Africans from slavery but bore no fruits. Therefore, the heroes of the time resorted to violence as the best way of being free people and slaves to no one. However, even after the abolition of slavery in most parts of the American states, black Americans were considered inferior to white people (Ranganathan & Bratman, 2021). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the heroism of Nat Turner and John Brown. It will also discuss the similarities and differences between the two and the events that surrounded the decision they made toward fighting slavery.
My interpretation of Turner is that he is a hero. He had been a slave since he was born and he did not have hope that freedom was coming soon. However, his belief and religion pushed him to believe that he was the chosen one to free the black people from slavery. There was no possibility that if he could sit down with the whites, they could agree on freeing the slaves. Therefore, his decision to use violence to fight for the freedom of his people was the best at the moment under the circumstances (Greenberg, 2021). Whether this violence bore fruit or not, Nat Turner could still be a hero.
John brown was a white man of Puritan heritage. He is famously known for fighting against injustices toward the black slaves yet he is a white man. This was considered a crime because he turned against his people to fight along with a different race. His belief in God is superior to human beings made him fight for the rights of the slaves because he believed all human beings were equal (Greenberg, 2021).
Brown grew up among abolitionists and had a strong belief in the golden rule and human rights. Nat Turner had been a slave since he was born but he strongly believed he was the chosen one to save his people from slavery. The two were driven by the desire to seek justice for the black people and despite being religious they resorted to violence (Greenberg, 2021). Their rebellions were a success because in the end slavery was abolished and the black people got their freedom despite the attitude of the whites that they were inferior.
John Brown was a middle-class white man who went against his people to fight for the rights of the black people while Nat Turner was a black man fighting for the freedom of his people. John Brown was born a free man into a free state while Nat Turner was born a slave (Cash, 2019). They were both religious and had strong beliefs on human rights and aimed at freeing the blacks from slavery. They both believed that they had been chosen to deliver the blacks from slavery.
Nat Turner and John Brown should both be remembered as heroes who brought freedom upon the black people who had been oppressed for a long time as slaves. There should be historical books written about their struggle and beliefs that led to the abolition of slavery and portraits of the two so that people can see them and always remember where their freedom comes from. The two are like links between the blacks and the whites, they, therefore, deserve to be remembered by everyone in all generations.
Nat Turner and John Brown seem to be God-sent or the chosen ones just as they believed they were. There is no other way we can have two very different people fighting for the same course as if they were born for it (Cash, 2019). They should both be considered great heroes who fought for human rights and freed blacks from slavery.
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Cash, J. W. (2019). Nat Turner: Misguided,” fragmented, disjointed” Images. Mississippi Quarterly, 72(1), 117-145. http://doi.org/10.1353/mss.2019.0004Greenberg, K. S. (2021). In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History by Christopher Tomlins. Journal of the Early Republic, 41(3), 507-510. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/803795Ranganathan, M., & Bratman, E. (2021). From urban resilience to abolitionist climate justice in Washington, DC. Antipode, 53(1), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12555