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An Examination of Conflict in William Wharton's "Pride"
Summary: Examines the conflicts detailed in William Wharton's "Pride." Discusses the dilemmas faced by Wharton's characters. Concludes that it is impossible to guarantee personal safety without giving up personal freedoms.
Firstly, it is going to be clarified what is defined as safety and what is called freedom. Further on, some arguments will be presented to either support or reject the truthfulness of the statement along with the examples from the book.
It cannot be denied that freedom is one of the most important values in human life. Countless people have struggled to remain free, whether it was about a freedom of religion, speech, morality or just the commonly understood physical freedom. Everybody has the right to choose, decide about their life. Furthermore one has even the right to resign from freedom, trade some part of it for safety. By safety I mean the condition of being protected, not being exposed to dangers, sheltered from acts of war and crime and other people's hatred.
In my regard the main conflict between moral freedom and safety is the fact that...
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