The Right to Think

Our Right to Think
Mine is basically like pretty much everyones.
I never really thought about our right to think before reading Inherit the Wind. The right to think something, we way to often take for granted. Our generation hasn’t had to live without it.

The question that came to my mind, like many people said is can people really stop us from thinking a certain way? Can people control the way we think? No one can control the thoughts that run throughout our minds. In the U.S. we are spoiled with the ability to voice our opinions and beliefs. Even if others do not agree, we are allowed to feel a certain way and not be punished. Unlike in the play, we are not punished for believing in this god, or this person. Although we do have limits, but clearly not as many as other limits. These days we hear so many stories about people in other countries getting punished for believing in something, the rest of the country doesn’t believe in. What I don’t understand is why? What makes one person’s belief higher than another? Why is one person right and not the other.

As mentioned by other people, we are often influenced by our families, peers, enviorment, etc. So is it really our opinion? Or is it what we are told to believe in? Most of the time we just follow what have been taught by our parents. But we are allowed to branch and go our spate way.
Without the right to think, new ideas, inventions, and religions would never have happened. If people before us didn’t speak up and give their view on things, we never would have the things we have today such as many different religions. If we didn’t have the right to think, we’d all be following the same religion, and our lives would be much different.

The play has made me very grateful for my right to think, because without it our world would be much different.