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In five pages this paper examines the ideological differences between Jefferson's and Thoreau's views regarding the citizen and th...
In five pages Thoreau's Walden Pond is examined in a consideration of the author's portrayal of nature. Two sources are cited in ...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
are the destroyer; and are doing what only a miserable slave would do, running away and turning your back upon the compacts and ag...
In seven pages this paper examines civil disobedience as envisioned by MLK and the lack of conformity of Gandhi to this view. Fou...
permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...
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 ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...
being. If it was all the same to them, he must have said, Ill stay where I am. His famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" were pub...
In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...
being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...
Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...
spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...
ones fellow-man in the broadest sense" (Thoreau 55). Philanthropists, he insists, have never sincerely proposed to do him, or peop...
personality was bolder and more action-oriented than Emersons. He was far more progressive and activist than Emerson on the anti-s...
doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors sta...
Hal was more interested in the gossip at the local taverns than he was in matters of state. Henry IVs cousin, Richard, who became...
allied war effort. Young men were led to believe that the military experience would somehow be ennobling, a glorious affair that, ...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
courts and token governorships were merely means to placate the population without offering "real freedom or power" (Fischer 158)....
for their own activities. Mankind all too often, in fact, views wilderness is something to be constrained and tamed. This is tru...
In eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...
citizen was guaranteed the right to be heard in an Athenian court. Since the government structure was founded on the principle th...
kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...
provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...
In eight pages this paper discusses the life and activism of this influential advocate of civil disobedience and questions his com...
Gandhi is discussed from a social work perspective. Various aspects of his achievements are explored. The micro, macro and mezzo l...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the views on relations between African Americans and Jews based upon the contrastin...
In ten pages postmodernism is considered in terms of globalization and how it has affected civil disobedience practices. Eight so...