Thursday, October 24, 2013
Charlotte Corday (Elise Warren)
Why does it always have to come to a revolution? Haiti gained independence and freedom- good. But why does it always have to come to violence? If only people would understand that it does not have to come to fighting and death to see change. Murder does not bring peace and happiness- it only makes everything worse. So many men died for the Haitian Revolution and for the freedom of the future generations, but they did not have to. The people could have had a more civilized and intelligent approach to their issues with the government, and I am sure they could have reached an agreement. But no, instead thousands of people must die. At least they got what the wanted, and very much deserved. Hopefully the people who gained the independence did it for the right reasons. Many people just help get freedom for their country so that they can gain power and rise. There is always one person (someone like Marat) that turns on their people for power, but I have a feeling this will be different. The people have desired this for so long, and very much needed it. I just hope no more men have to die in order for them to keep it.
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(Olympe de Gouges) You bring up a very good point that too many men are losing lives over this cause, yet I believe that it was a worthy cause to die for. Like my own death, I think that the value of sacrifice for a cause that one truly believes in is the right thing to do. I realize that there are better alternatives to settling an argument rather than dying, but for such a broad, controversial movement, there seemed to be no other solution to such a difficult issue. I mean look at me- I lost my own head for standing up for women's rights...
ReplyDelete(Danton) In the case of Haiti and many other colonies and countries, revolution was necessary. To bring about major change, one must take major actions. Simply negotiating and using diplomacy would have brought little to no change. It would have been impossible to persuade the upper class to give up their privileges. Those in power want to keep it for as long as they can. Even with the revolution, enemies of the slaves put up a strong fight against them. It took a long time for them to gain their freedom, and it would have taken even longer if the revolution had not occurred. During all of that time, slaves are dying at their masters' hands because of the terrible conditions in which they live. With or without the revolution, people will die either way. Is it not better to die fighting for a noble cause to improve society than to die not fighting at all?
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