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on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...

silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

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...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

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...

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

Using these two authors as our information base, we might say that one, in light of our life today, chose an unrealistic goal. The...

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

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...

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...

a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...