<p>Since a lot of people are trying to have their essays scored, why not post them all in one thread and let them be scored? We can compile them and let others read the essays, scores and comments.</p>
<p>I’ll start with an essay of my own:-</p>
<p>Essay Prompt:-</p>
<p>Existentialist Jean Paul Sartre believed in personal freedom, holding that man is free to “write the script” for his own life: He can blame no one else if his life is a “poor performance.” On the other hand, William Blake and others in the Romantic movement felt that the expectations and restraints of society severely limit a person: They believed that schooling, organized religion, and other social institutions imprison a person’s mind and spirit.</p>
<p>Assignment:-</p>
<p>What is your opinion of the claim that there is no such thing as free choice, that to some degree, we are always bound by the rules of society? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.</p>
<p>Essay:-</p>
<pre><code>Nowadays, free choice is becoming a hot issue. Proponents of human rights argue that humans should have the liberty to dictate their own paths, without constraints from the rules of society. Today, we are given the illusion that we are approaching success. The enfranchisement of the people of Hong Kong by 2017 and the breakdown of Communism in many countries for more capitalistic ideologies are both commonly cited as advances in human rights. The question is, are our free choices still being bound by society? My answer is yes.
To put it on a small scale, let us first look at our schooling institutions. When we were small, many of us did not want to attend school. Did we have a choice? Well, no. Our parents would have dragged us to school despite our pleas. Of course, now as educated people, we understand their benevolent intentions, but then again, was free choice offered? No! In that way, we have somehow disproved Jean Paul Sartres statement that a man is free to write his own script. In the example above, our scripts were already written.
To put it on a larger scale, let us look at a historical viewpoint. We have heard of the English proverb, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. That alone, my fellow readers, is proof enough. Yes, the choice is ours to make, but the terms and conditions are not ours to make. They are determined by the rules of the other party. Let us look at the Treaty of Versailles signed after World War I. Germany, in return for survival, was forced to pay billions of dollars to the Triple Entente. It was the rules of the British and French ruling societies which dictated the penalty for Germany. In a sense, a part of their survival was already dictated.
What about in literature? Well, the story of the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain brings this into view. One can clearly remember the pauper, Tom Canty, who was restricted by social stratification. Hence, when he wanted to meet the Prince, or even have a glance at him, he was indeed punished cruelly by being beaten up. How was he free to write his own script when the rules of society were already prejudiced against him?
Indeed this proves that the rules of society do indeed bind us, and sadly, there are still times in which we cannot dictate our own path.
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<p>That was my first essay, so it may have been crudely written.</p>
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