The Declaration of Independence tells us that "all men a created equal" ,but is this the case?

Question

The concept of "equality" as it referes to the caracters in Of Mice and Men.

Answer 1

Yes all men are CREATEd equal but what they do after the creation is finished is what sets them apart.

Answer 2

I won't answer your essay question for you, but what you should consider is the two schools of thought on the idea of equality.

1) Equal access. All people are equal under the law. No one person is privileged legally, and as long as everyone plays by the rules, the best man wins. It doesn't matter if you're born handicapped, poor, rich, or with a famous name.

2) Equal means. Everyone, no matter how strong, weak, capable, or challenged, has the exact same means. No one has a mansion, no one is poor. This view holds that everyone has a right to the same lifestyle, despite their predetermined natural abilities.

Answer 3

the Declaration of Independence is a legal and political document. So the idea is that in the eyes of the law or the government, all human beings should be treated equally, because in the eyes of their creator, God they are equal. So according to Thomas Jefferson, the law and the government should treat Lenny just the same as anyone else.

Answer 4

No not really because the declarartion is stating that all men have the same rights no matter what. In Of Mice and Men, it is different. Lenny has a mental disorder (i'm I right?) that makes him different but he has the rights like any other person.

Answer 5

No We are born with different degrees of intellect, develop with varing degrees of strength and endurance, Under the law, laws apply equally to all, and hence "all men are created equal"

Answer 6

One similarity between the Declaration and Steinbeck's story is that women' rights and equality are not mentioned. the name of the woman in Stenbeck's book is never mentioned,. so there is a correlation after all

Answer 7

What you have to ask yourself is the context for the world 'equal' in that document. What did the framers mean when they wrote it? We know some things they did not mean. Study it out. You will grow as a constitutionalist.

Answer 8

All men (and women) have an equal ability or the free will to choose the content of their charactor.

Answer 9

The bad thing about this country is that it runs on the "Golden Rule", meaning that he who has the gold makes the rules. As long as this country bases it's law setting criteria on this philosophy, only the richest can ever truly benefit from its law making skills. So the answer is "NO".