Essays 31 - 60
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...
In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...
In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...
just enough on the ball to attempt to rise to a higher level. However, the plays hero is not a particularly unique or sensitive i...
This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...
(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...
the natural world. Nature, he asserts, is secretive, but at the same time it is human beings who will eventually be able to unlock...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...
States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...
define what is not essential in our lives we can more accurately see what is important. For example, if we can get to a place wher...
silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...
446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...
2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...
emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...
that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...
to expand, he says, or else they will be misunderstood. He applies this to nations as well: "Individuals, like nations, must have ...
public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...
In five pages a comparative analysis of democracy as it is represented in these essays is presented. Four sources are cited in th...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how just law and unjust law are depicted in 'Civil Disobedience' by Thoreau and 'L...
that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views each man expresses in their respective texts. Three sources are cited i...
American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...
requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...
imposed boundaries. He asks, "What sort of a country is that where the huckleberry fields are private property? When I pass such f...