Difficulty

Nicolas Salloum

English 203

Ms. Dania Adra

October 10, 2015 

      Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in the Social contract emphasizes an idea where the human being cannot live, in my opinion, without it nowadays: it’s the the social contract which is an agreement by which the people band together for their mutual preservation. Indeed, this act of association creates a mutual group called the sovereign. Well, each human being strives for his own good but, to Rousseau, the “general will” created by the sovereign leads certainly to a common good where the people in this society could live better. But, there’s also a second point which is the relation between the human and the government; “Man is born free and everywhere in chains” shows us that the people should most of the time give up their “natural freedom” and put some limits, because, as Rousseau once said, the human is a Nobel savage who wants everything for his own benefits.

      I chose this picture, because in my opinion, it reflects perfectly what jean Jacques Rousseau wanted to say in his social contract. These civilization lights saved many lives; it has put some limits to the drivers where their natural liberty and personal freedom to drive as they want has been limited. These laws, put by the government (the civilization in this particular example), “put the man in chains” but also help the society to live in a better and safely way.  Imagine drivers wanted to accelerate simultaneously, and a person was crossing the road, there will be 100's of accidents per second in the world.
Finally, this common good and general will can approve a society in many ways, while making this society more efficient.

Work cited : Rousseau, Jean Jacques. “The Social Contract“. Shifting Narratives