"Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.”-Bob Marley. The world may not a perfect place but people can at least try to make it perfect. People can clean the world not litter, also give rights to other people and not be racist, etc. The world would be a better place if society could learn to be equal. In “Steve Biko: South African Freedom Fighter” by Jamestown and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the reader learns the importance of standing up for rights.
In “Steve Biko South African Freedom Fighter” by Jamestown Steve Biko stands up for his rights. The article states that, "But most importantly, he called on black people to stand up for their basic human rights"(p.6). This shows that Steve Biko wasn't afraid to stand up for his rights and he wanted the other black citizens to not be afraid to stand up for their rights and he was as brave as a lion defending its territory except of his territory in this case it is rights. "They pledged to continue the battle Steve had fought"(p.1). This shows that when Steve Biko died everyone promised to continue Steve's battle for their rights. "He felt that the work he was doing was more important than his personal safety" (p.10).people to have rights. This shows that he didn’t care about what they did to him, he only wanted African Americans to have the same rights as white people and Steve Biko was as brave as a soldier going into war. All this shows that Steve Biko had no limits because all he wanted was rights for everyone in South Africa and that’s why he stood up.
In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut harrison stood up for his rights. "Even as I stand here" he bellowed, "crippled, hobbled, sickened - I am a greater ruler than any man who ever lived”(p.30). This shows that Harrison was tired of not having rights so he stood up for his rights. “Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds, and Harrison's scrap-iron handicaps crashed to the floor”(p.31). This demonstrates that Harrison stood up for what he believed in and he didn’t like the way they made him look. “The bar snapped like celery. Harrison smashed his headphones and spectacles against the wall.He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealing a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder” (p.32/33). This depicts that Harrison was as brave as a mexican risking their life to cross the border and to come to the U.S. All that shows how Harrison stood up for his rights and how Harrison got tired of not having rights so he died trying to make the world a better place.
In “Steve Biko: South African Freedom Fighter” by Jamestown and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the reader learns the importance of standing up for rights. Steve Biko and Harrison are inspirational for people that don’t have rights because they show people to stand up for their rights and fight for what they believe in. The world is not fair but people need to stand up for their rights to make the word as fair as possible. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”-J. K. Rowling. If people don’t stand up for their rights then how is the world going to ever become a utopia?