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Unit 2 Articles Response Essay

Unit 2 Articles Response Essay

Q Follow and use the structure when answering these questions (this is a part of your grade) Freedom in America Read and reflect upon the FOCUS ESSAYs from John Quincy Adams on Human Nature and Freedom (in text - pages 9 to 12) AND Alexis de Tocqueville ~ Of Individualism in Democratic Countries (pages 51 to 53); THEN, in about 500 words, respond to these questions: 1)How do you understand the concept of Freedom here according to Adams and Tocqueville? 2) What is your overall reaction to Adams’ & Tocqueville’s ideas? 3) How their ideas shape how you see the world? Remember to explain & support your reaction! Reference text materials utilizing “in-text citation” style (regarding author, year, and page #). Your answer should aim at about 500 words or more in response here.

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1. John Adams fiddles with the notion of human nature along with its relation to freedom of thought and action in our focus essay. This essay offers the transcript of the case in 1841 wherein a group of enslaved men were accused of killing their captor. While in court John Adams describes the fact that it is the capacity of human nature when left unrestricted that scares him.