Diab 1
Aya Diab
Prof. Dania Adra
ENG 203
October 11,2015
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The Rich Feed on the Poor
Human
rights. Freedom of will. A world of equality and justice. This is a world where
we’re supposed to live in and to help create. While the rich live their fancy lives,
the poor are trying to earn their cash to feed themselves.
Unfortunately, the poor are the ones who end up
paying for the needs of the rich with their own lives. The rich always seem to
be in control of the world, but whatever your social status is everyone should
be in control of his/her own needs and desires. “As I was born a citizen of a
free state, … my right to vote … my duty …, however little influence my voice
can have on them.” (Rousseau 114)
“Men are born free, yet everywhere are in chains.” (Rousseau
114) He describes the numerous ways in which the “chains” suppress the people
from their own rights. Life has made us change in countless undescribed ways,
and according to Rousseau, “The man who has until now considered only himself finds
himself to act on different principles.” We say that we live in a “civilized”
world, but the strong always seem to control the weak.
The purpose of the picture is to emphasize the unending
truth of inequality and injustice. Everyone knows that a strong force is in
control of the world, and the weak force is, unfortunately, is blinded by the façade.
People go out and enjoy life, but they tend to realize the next day that they’re
suppressed from the civil rights as humans. Because God gave us free will, he does not
override our power of choice. Then if god gave us free will, why do his
people want to take that right from us?
Works Cited
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social
Contract. Shifting Narratives. Ed. Zane S. Sinno,
Lina Bioghlu-Karkanawi, Dorota Fleszar, Najila Jarkas, Emma Moughabghab,
Jennifer M. Nish, Rima Rantisi, and Abir Ward. Beirut: Center for Educational Consultation and Research, 2015. 113,114,115
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