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Lives of Quiet Desperation

other people, and from the conventions that bind us together. We might also consider the way in which Thoreau considers his hous...

The Benefits and Dangers of Using Personalities to Promote a Brand

(Reyes, 2006). Alan Sugar has been used to marker National Savings (Ashworth, 2005), Anthony Stewart Head and Sharon Maughn advert...

Henry Petroski's The Pencil

Petroski notes this absence of information in Thoreaus list to point out how common pencils were, how they are often taken for gra...

Goodfella/Its Moral Message

Henrys voiceover narration.3 This narration gives the viewer insight into Henrys motivations. This narration conveys Henrys childl...

Thoreau/Civil Disobedience

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

Transcendental Abstracts

that is, rather than a creature called "Man" who had to do everything, Man became priest, scholar, farmer, and so on (Emerson). Th...

3 African American Authors on Class and Race in the U.S.

liberals and conservatives traditionally take with regard to black issues, that isnt the focus of the piece: West is really discu...

Utopian Society and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

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...

Film Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie and the Mood Function of Music

scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...

Society and the Individual

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

Patrick Henry and George Washington

George Washingtons early life, leading people to speculate that it was typical for a boy of his class and status (George Washingto...

Film Review of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas

the voiceover. According to reviewer Patricia Kowal, this inclusion of a female perspective furthers the gangster genre because it...

Master Student Dr. Henry Lee

person, a person who strives to do his best in his given profession. Lee writes: "There are tens of thousands of professions in ...

Civil Disobedience and Abortion

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

Snow Poems Compared and Contrasted

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bly and Djanikian all wrote famous poems dealing with snow. This analysis looks at Snowflakes by Longf...

Sir Thomas More's Defiance of King Henry the Eighth

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between the King and his subject in a consideration of More's disagreement with...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau and the Time Concept

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

Solitude Perspectives of May Sarton and Henry David Thoreau

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...

Unjust Laws According to Henry David Thoreau

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

The Picture of Dorian Gray Characters' Approach to Art and Life

and how they interpret life and art. In focusing on this subject we incorporate two essays which discuss aspects of art and life f...

The Theme of Poverty in The Man of Feeling and The London Merchant

of feeling" (Anonymous Man of Feeling, 2001; 0192840320.html). The main character of the story is a man of feeling. He is a man...

Character Transformation in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the play, for example, as Eliza becomes more independent and rebellious as she gains her polish and veneer, Higgins becomes more b...

Life as Seen Through the Classics

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

Film Review of The Believer

meetings that he attends, he reminds those present to focus on harassing Jews. As one might surmise, Danny definitely has conflic...

Comparison of 5 Brief Articles and Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics by Dr. Henry Lindlahr

In five pages five articles on health and wellness are compared with the concepts articulated by Dr. Henry Lindlahr in Philosophy ...

Perfection Seeking in Literature

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

Benjamin Franklin on the Relationship Between Society and Self

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

Northwest Explorers of Canada

In fifteen pages the famed explorers of Canada's Northwest Passage Sir John Franklin, Samuel Hearne, and John Henry Lefroy are exa...

Social Inequities According to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Eugene O'Neill

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...

US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and Military Intelligence

In seven pages this paper examines the role military intelligence played in the Civil War with the Gettysburg campaign the primary...