Many questions about human nature are asked on the daily. Are humans good or evil; do people need society to be good? Humankind is always questioning itself and everything it does. We criticize each other on what we should wear, how we should speak, humans even criticize others on how we all should live. People think they have the right to do what they want, and they do, but would that classify as being a freethinker? The definition of freethinker, according to Merriam-Webster, is “A person who forms his or her own opinions about important subjects (such as religion and politics) instead of accepting what other people say.” In this case, humans are known to be freethinkers. Mankind would not be like it is now without freethinkers. People would not have been able to create or invent anything. From sliced bread to electricity, someone had to have …show more content…
Reassurance would be needed for every single choice. ‘Is doing this okay? Alright, well what about doing this instead?’ Choices like that are easily made, but imagine not being able to make that decision for yourself. All humans are made to be freethinkers; it is our nature to do so. In Washington Irving’s The Devil and Tom Walker, Mr. Walker makes his own decision to make a deal with the devil, but his deal comes with consequences. “Tom lost his patience and his piety. ‘The devil take me,’ said he, ‘if I have made a farthing!’ Just then there were three loud knocks at the street door…’Tom, you’re come for,’ said the black fellow, gruffly.” (Line 315-320). In this passage, Tom had sold his soul to the devil, and told the man he was speaking to, to have the devil take him if he had made any money from what he has been doing. And so, the devil came and carried Mr. Tom Walker off on a black stallion. Being a freethinker can have some devastating consequences, and this circumstance is one of many that could potentially