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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...

Daisy Miller by James

that he assumes Mrs. Costello is not that fond of Daisy and her mother and Mrs. Costello states, "They are the sort of Americans t...

Thoreau’s Walden Pond

off. This individual is constantly working to get more, perhaps a third vacation house in Caribbean. This is not really life, but ...

The Occupy Wall Street Protests - Would Thoreau Approve

Firstly, one might suppose that Thoreau would support the Occupy Wall Street protests due to his assertion that individuals should...

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...

Daisy Miller by Henry James and Society

In five pages this 1878 novel by Henry James is examined in terms of how social conventions are thematically portrayed....

Concepts of Nature and Wilderness

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

Leader's Political Role in King Henry V by William Shakespeare

In his political discourse, The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli believed that political prowess that leads inherently to victory is ine...

Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

Henry David Thoreau's Essays Reviewed

In 5 pages this paper reviews the essays Life Without Principles and Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There are 2 sources cited in ...

Citizenship Responsibilities

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

Consideration of the Quote 'No Man is an Island'

In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inner Self According to Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper discusses how Henry David Thoreau's views on the inner self manifest themselves in the 'Minott, the Poeti...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Henry Louis Gates Jr's 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Man

In five pages this paper discusses these 'narratives of ascent' in the collection by Henry Louis Gates Jr....

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...

Thinking Orientals by Henry Yu and The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger

Thinking Orientals by Henry Yu and The Wages of Whiteness by David Roediger are contrasted and compared in 8 pages. Two sources a...

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, ...

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...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau and the Time Concept

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