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Freedom Definition: The ability to do and say what you want, within reason (safety factors), so that you can live your life the way you would like.
Factors:
- responsibilities (school)
- guardians and/or children
- the law
These factors somewhat limit one's freedom, but for beneficial reasons most of the time.

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To be completely unrestricted. True freedom is impossible, as the rules of any society automatically restrict it.

To free yourself you must know you are not free, and only then can you truly want and work towards being free, otherwise nothing will happen. The Deltas did not know they were not free in the story, therefore they did not seek to be.

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Freedom is that an individual can do whatever he or she wants.
However, certain factors are taken in consideration:
-safety purposes: laws, guardians
-developmental purposes: education

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Freedom definition: The capability to do whatever one wants to, whenever they want to , as long as they aren't putting themselves or others around them out of safety and into danger. The ability to live and shape their lives how they want to
Factors:
education, ability to make choices, and not having a super controlling laws/government

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Freedom is having the ability to demonstrate your own beliefs and values to society. It is also having the capacity to do things that you want, as long as the lives of other people are not in danger.

Factors to being free:
- Taking responsibility for your actions
- Safety regulations
- Laws instilled on society

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freedom is the ability to say and or do what you want within reason regarding safety and others. Factors of freedom are safety, others, the law, and the government. We will never be truly free for that is unobtainable in regards to the whole population.

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Freedom definition -  the state of being free without physical and mental restraint. Some factors are laws established by government,  safety of other's, social norms. I was surprised when John wanted to free the Delta's, because he knows they haven't experienced true freedom due to their conditioning.

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My personal definition of freedom is being able to do what one wants without consequences. I do not think we are ever truly free. If for example someone wanted to lie or cheat there would be consequences. Even if it is not a large consequence given by an authority figure, there are societal consequences for all of our actions. I think that oftentimes people want to do things that as a side effect hurt others in the process and so I do not think it is good to let people do whatever they want. People need to be controlled but just not too controlled and this fine line can create many issues.

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Being able to act as you please including being able to voice your opinion and being able to go anywhere. I don't believe we are ever truly free because there are always laws and rules that have to be followed, but I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing.
Important Factors
Free Speech
Free Travel
Ability To Congregate
Some actions should be limited, but most should not. We grow as people through our experiences and sometimes we need to find out the consequences on our own.

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My personal definition of freedom is having the ability to say, do, and think what you want within the means of the law.
I don't think we're ever truly free because although laws are good and they aim to protect us, we are still limited in our freedoms in many situations. For example, being out past curfew can get you into trouble with both the law and your parents, but you may not mean any harm in that action.

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Freedom
Definition: the ability to act and say whatever one would like without restraint
Factors:
-  protections against limitation
-  liberty to speak your mind
-  safety
-  the law
Reaction:
The Deltas had no idea that they were not free, and therefore never sought freedom as they believed they already were free. It is sad that these people have no idea that do not have freedom.

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Freedom Definition: have the ability to do what you want
Factors: no consequences or person controlling you
Reaction: John throwing the medicine to help the people be truly free was a bad move since he himself isn´t free. He will pay for what he did, showing that no one in the world state is free
Are we ever truly free:
I don´ t think we are, since there will always be a leader or some type of law to help regulate everyone.

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Freedom is having the power to think, say, and do whatever you want, within reason, without and restraint. Some factors that influence freedom are different responsibilities , the law, the media, and other people, like parents or people of power. It is hard to say if we are truly free because everyone has their own definition. What might be okay for someone to do within their own reason could not be okay with someone else which restricts what people can do.

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freedom: the ability to say, do, or act as you want without outside factors dictating what you can and can't do (as long as its reasonable)
limiting factors can include:
location
rules/laws
parents/guardians
one's own morals and values

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Freedom : People having their own rights to act, speak, think, and control their own path/lifestyle.
-Having your own voice
-In control of your direction
-Education
-Able to have own morals and values
The World State doesn't give adequate freedom to its people; they control what they wear, what their path is, and who they can or can't talk to.

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Definition: Freedom is the ability and right of people to openly speak about their personal views and opinions as well as act how they want without fear of restriction.

Factors:
individualism
right to expression
control of your future

Reaction: What John tried to do in the novel was for a good cause but I don't think a revolt against the World State Society will be possible because it is impossible to undo hundreds of years of conditioning

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Freedom: Where people are able to make their own choices/decisions and do things without restraint.
Factors:
- Responsibilities
- Parents/guardians
- Opinion/morals/ethics
Reaction: I believe when John threw out the soma pills (medicine), is a bad example of freedom as the other people in the World State are free to do what they want. If they believed soma was good for them, then it was their decision to consume them. Not John's.
I think we're never fully free because what we might think is free, might not be free for someone else.

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Definition: Freedom is having the ability to say or do what you as an individual desire, without external people/organizations hindering their ability to do that.
Factors: Personal and social responsibilities, parents, age
Reaction: I think that what John tried to do in the novel is noble, however this will likely result in him being "silenced" by the government.
I don't think we are ever truly free due to the laws and regulation that are set in place.

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Freedom is the ability to make your own choices as to what to do, say, and think as long as it is reasonable and does not endanger others.

Factors:
-Age
-Location
-Mental State
-Parents/Rulers

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Freedom is the ability to do what you want without someone telling you no. Of course there are confines to those choices.

Factors:
Age
Parents/People of power
Where you are located

I thought that John made the right decision to try and free the Delta people.

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Freedom is the ability to express oneself and his or her ideas. The factors that influence that could be anything from social to government defined laws that prevent one from doing so

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Freedom: The ability to do whatever you want to do without having any restrictions
Factors: responsibilities, laws, having your own voice, not having any restrictions

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Freedom means having the ability to do and say what you want and not have to worry about the consequences or someone telling you that you can't do it.
Factors: - parents
-school
-government
Reaction: I think that John was trying to show the people in the World State that they weren't truly free but it did not work well for him and he did it in the wrong way.

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Ashley McRae, Natalie Nauman, Grace Staines, and Saniyah

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The authors claim is: "Finally, we have this twist. Freedom doesn't exist at all. If it did, it would only pertain to the individual, and since The Individual is a mythical construct with no meaning, freedom is also a myth." Overall the author is highlighting the fact that individualism and freedom do not exist. They are able to support this claim with examples of criminals twisting the meaning of individualism and freedom in order to garner support for their cause. Our pod group think this claim is interesting yet also shocking. While we do believe freedom and individualism can be limited, we do not totally agree that they are nonexistent.

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Natalie Nauman, Ashley McRae, Grace Staines, and Saniyah

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Natalie Nauman, Ashley McRae, Grace Staines, and Saniyah

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"All we have to do now, is take these lies and make them true somehow. All we have to see, is that I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me." This song is basically saying that Freedom isn't real and it doesn't belong to the individual. This relates to Brave New World because in the book they are conditioned to believe lies similarly to the first line of this song.

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"Political leaders who preach and teach about the need for "mass freedom movements" are never part of those groups. That tells you how deep the public trance can go. Relatively few people say, "Look, the president isn't with the group. He's separate. So how can he tell us what to think, what to do?" This claim states the truth about reality. It stresses on the point that no one can tell us what freedom is until they express it themselves.

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The author's claim is "Finally, we have this twist. Freedom doesn't exist at all. If it did, it would only pertain to the individual, and since The Individual is a mythical construct with no meaning, freedom is also a myth." The claim that the author is making is very shocking and gets the audiences attention all in itself. He uses many forms of support to support his claim. He uses examples of presidents in order to support his claim. He uses an example of criminals and how they twist the meaning of freedom so that people will support them. That is not real freedom and also displays how freedom may not actually even exist if it is only "used" for fake support or votes. Me and Aspen are very interested in the claim that the author is making. This is similar to a conspiracy theory and honestly we have never really thought about it before but now that we have it is very understandable why people think this way.

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"I don't belong to you and you don't belong to me". It relates most closely to the novel because a key thing in the world state is that everybody belongs to everybody and this is saying the exact opposite of that.

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"Say it and they stand up and salute. It doesn't matter how far the word is being twisted. As long as the people like it and respond to it, you could be referring to a mass slaughter." The author claims that the word freedom and its definition have the wrong impact on people, as it causes them to just blindly follow whoever preaches freedom. He is saying that the concept of freedom is twisted in the majority of people's minds, and they do not take the time to think more into it, or attempt to see a new viewpoint. The term is effectively a device for winning favor with people over false promises or hidden truths.
We agree with his claim because the idea of what freedom really is does not hold true for many countries where people are supposedly "free".

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"When you stop and think about it, this bait and switch works because of the impact the word FREEDOM has on the minds of the population."

He is saying that people will blindly follow others without actually fully understanding a concept just under the idea of freedom.

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The central message of the song is that one can not be free when they are being made to change who they are to fit in line with what others want from them. The last few lines "May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now
I've got to live, I've got to live, I've got to live" are evident of this because he is saying that he cannot be free if he must conform to what someone else wants.

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"There's something deep inside of me
There's someone I forgot to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Don't think that I'll be back again
I just hope you understand"

The lyrics reflect the need of freedom from the author. Many people have different definitions of freedom. This relates to Brave New World, because the citizens are conditioned to believe they have freedom, but in reality, their definition of freedom is much different from the reservation society.

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George Michaels is claiming that people often believe they have to be a certain way for example you have to be in a relationship with a specific person, but freedom that we all have allows us to not be defined by our outward appearance and instead we can live the way we want to live and break the stereotypes. In the song it says "to win the race a prettier face, brand new clothes and a big fat place" This really relates to modern society because of how we as individuals are defined. Especially as a women we are define by our looks and our makeup and if we are wearing nice and expensive clothes. People of all walks of life are defined by their income. If someone does not have a lot of money and they are living in a rich society they are viewed as different which is completely unfair and untrue but this is what the song is also portraying. Later in the song the artist sings, "there's something deep inside of me there's someone else i've got to be" this relates to Bernard in the novel. Bernard feels isolated forms society because he does not look like the other alphas and is not respected and also has different morals than the others. He tells his friend Helmholtz that he wants to be different and he does not just want to have sex with every woman.

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"I will not give you up, gotta have some faith in the sound" relates to how in previous decades of our society, people have been putting faith into themselves and ask for freedom, such as fighting for women rights by protesting.
In the novel, regardless of whether having enough courage, Bernard, John and Helmholtz know that even though they are living in the current society, they have some freedom restriction. They couldn't do certain things as they wanted, or be the person they would like to be. The lyrics "There's something else I've got to be" perfectly relates to the identity of three of them.

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Claim : Despite the history of fighting for our freedoms, freedom is ultimately an illusion and it doesn't exist like we believe it does.

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George Michael is trying to convey his message about societal expectations in contrast to our own desires to be who we are. When someone is in a relationship in modern society, it is common for him or her to be changed by his or her partner, whether it be with clothing, attitude, or personality. However, with the freedom we have today, we don’t have to change our character and have the ability to live the lives that we want. The lyrics “I just hope you understand, sometimes the clothes do not make the man” and “there’s something deep inside of me, there’s someone else I’ve got to be” illustrate this message by telling people to be who they are, not who others want them to be because we have the freedom to do so. This concept can relate to Bernard in the novel. He constantly feels the need to fit in with society, but his unique personality and his desire to be who he wants prevent him from confirming to expectations.

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The author’s claim about freedom is although people have the ability to fight for equal rights, the concept of both individual and social freedom is a myth. It is represented in the article when the author claims, “Finally, we have this twist. Freedom doesn't exist at all. If it did, it would only pertain to the individual, and since The Individual is a mythical construct with no meaning, freedom is also a myth” (Rappoport 2). I agree with this claim because regulations created by authorities, like the government, limit one’s ability to have total freedom. However, we don’t think freedom is non existent because individuals do have the choice to do things they want, and most have the freedom to be who they want.