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American Individualism According to Emerson, Bellah and de'Tocqueville

This 5 page paper examines various types of American individualism by analyzing literary works. The pitfalls of individualism were...

A Fictional Conversation With Author Tom Peters

This paper provides a conversation between a professor Ralph Stacey and author Tom Peters. The author pays particular attention t...

Transcendentalism in 19th Century America

Transcendentalism was a means by which individuals could concentrate on the divinity of man and of nature. The movement was not o...

Reflections on Several Famous Literary Works

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

Problem Solving and SSM

of the problem situation * analysis of the ingredients (using a rich picture method) * coming to a root definition of significan...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's and Walt Whitman's Transcendentalism

disjointed discourse on a series of ideas and impressions that flow freely through a characters or narrators mind. The very person...

Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the philosophies of Thomas Paine and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Three sources are cited...

Why Ralph Waldo Emerson Should be Read by High School Students

This paper discusses why Ralph Waldo Emerson should be read by high school students in six pages. Four sources are cited in the b...

Transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman and Hinduism's Influence

occupation or condition, unworthy of being saluted in his poetry. Although he was relatively successful in terms of worldly succe...

An Attractiveness Article Analysis

studies have shown that individuals with abnormal appearance received more help. The research team points out that physical attr...

TV Commercial Explication

few shots of a good looking, blue-eyed young man. There is the glare of the sunlight which is rather obvious. One shot shows this ...

Prediction of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mexico As an American 'Poison'

U.S. His use of the metaphor "poison" reflects the intensity of his feelings on this subject. To Emerson Mexicos political sover...

Robber Baron John D. Rockefeller

hand, does not accept the fact that Rockefeller was a benevolent, conscionable businessman. At a time when business was literally...

Lewis Mumford, A Life by Donald Miller

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

Emerson: The Divinity School Address

quality in themselves. Then he drops his bombshell. He says that a mans character "is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms nev...

Contradiction and Inconsistency: Emerson

perhaps always live in a new day, unafraid of changing their ideals, their perceptions of those ideals, and thus perhaps appearing...

Transformation of Genius into Practical Power: Emerson

idea genius and write on it. It is but one idea, one small part of their lives, and thus demonstrates that genius is so limited in...

History as Biography: Emerson

what makes history. He states, in the beginning, "Of the works of this mind history is the record...Man is explicable by nothing l...

Fashion, Cultural Theft, and Ethnic Influences

was the case in Darwin when an Aboriginal tribe brought a case against a textile manufacturer for the use of scared symbols on the...

Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Influence of Transcendentalism

minister, it was necessary to leave the church" (Chapter Three: The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Essayists and Poets). His philosop...

Being Independent or Being Part of the Community

are part of the community, even if not actively so. It comes down to the old adage of "it takes all kinds" for communities are mad...

Emerson's Concept of Self in "Self-Reliance"

of the individual to that of equal to great philosophers, religious leaders and poets. His argument is that within the "self," tha...

Oscar and Lucinda and Biography of Filmmaker Gillian Armstrong

Great Britain. Nevertheless, Armstrong patiently honed her craft by taking any directing gig she could from music videos to docum...

Shortcomings of a Cookie Cutter Education

get to the end at the same time as others of their age is a prospect that is near sighted to say the least. One questionable pro...

The Green Party and the Influence of Ralph Nader

10). Although 20 may not seem like a very large number, it is important to remember that U.S. politics largely rests with two part...

If Ralph Had Provided Better Government Advice, Would Events Have Been Different in Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

This paper examines if Niccolo Machiavelli or Plato would have provided Ralph with better advice on governing the island in this a...

Violence in 'How to Tell a True War Story' by Tim O'Brien and 'Battle Royal' by Ralph Ellison

attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...

Community Life

The student will want to address the fact that for those who already know how to make their situation better and have the desire t...

Death, Resurrection, and Eternal Life

In seven pages the texts Eternal Life? Life After Death As a Medical, Philosophical, and Theological Problem by Hans Hung and The...

Religion and Life Considered in an Elderly Citizen Interview

In six pages life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...