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Thematic Analysis of Life Without Principle by Henry David Thoreau

understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...

21st Century and Henry David Thoreau

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

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...

Overview of Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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, ...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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

Is the U.S. Government Working for the Individual or the Community?

This 5 page paper discusses whether the U.S. government works for the community as a whole, or for indivdiual interests. The write...

Voluntary Simplicity Doctrine of Henry David Thoreau Expressed in Walden

In three pages this paper discusses how Thoreau described how possessions own individuals instead of the other way around in Walde...

Materialism and Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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

Self Reliance and the Philosophies of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Transcendentalism

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

Just Law, Unjust Law, and the Perspectives of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr.

In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...

Law That is Just and Unjust in the Writings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau II

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how just law and unjust law are depicted in 'Civil Disobedience' by Thoreau and 'L...

Justice According to King and Thoreau

In six pages this paper examines the government intervention positions represented by Thoreau and King. Four sources are cited in...

Satirical Elements in Walden by Henry David Thoreau

time without injuring eternity" (Thoreau Chapter 1A Page 10). That is a witticism in itself. Thoreau (1994) said, "The mass ...

U.S. Society and 'the Creative Outsider'

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

A Quarter-Century Friendship: Thoreau and Emerson

friends for over 25 years. The nature of their friendship, like any such relationship, cannot really be understood by anyone on th...

The Disparity of Work and Productivity

equated with worth. Work is the standard by which the content of ones character is judged. There is a pervasive conception that in...

Work, Is It Essential for Human Flourishing?

is it essential for human flourishing? The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com] defin...

Society and the Individual

In nine pages this paper discusses society and the individual in a consideration of theories by Hegel, Veblen, Thoreau, Kant, Talc...

Industrialization Problems and Coping Strategies

In seven pages this paper considers how theorists of the nineteenth century proposed to cope with industrialization problems and i...

Is America Still America the Beautiful

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

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

King and Thoreau

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

Comparing Themes from McGregor And Thoreau

from what was ostensibly a civilized society, ultimately finding how solitude became one of his closest friends. "I find it whole...

Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King on Peace

In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...

Democracy Benefits and Risks

well have acknowledged that mankind stands alone in his endless quest for more, a concept behind the reason society is its own opp...

Economic and Political Freedom Views

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

Good and Evil Characterizations

work? If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the de...