SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Thoreau Walden

Essays 61 - 90

Ideological Differences Between Thomas Jefferson and Henry David Thoreau

In five pages this paper examines the ideological differences between Jefferson's and Thoreau's views regarding the citizen and th...

Shakespeare, Thoreau, and Coetzee and Reality vs. Appearance

In five pages the social distortion of reality that encourages perceptions based on appearance is considered within the context of...

On Walden Pond by Ralph Waldo Emerson

to get rid of material goods as they do not matter. He uses a simile when he says "Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage...

Psychological Indeterminism and Determinism

science, man used to think himself a free agent possessing free will. Science gives us, instead, causal determinism wherein every...

Health Economy and Credit Cards

In five pages the effects of credit cards on the economy are examined and contrary to popular belief North Carolina State Universi...

Walden Two, A Behaviorist Utopia

A 12 page research paper/essay that, first of all, discusses behaviorism, what it is and how it started and then moves on to discu...

Comparing Utopian Societies

our own society. Consider how the general population views its government and the politicians who hold political office. What we...

Counseling Field and Ethics

Dr. Mark Shahnasarian, past president of the NCDA, recognizes the importance of such an organization in the ongoing efforts to uph...

Thoreau on Loss

in which he discusses the great literary works of the past. He says that literature in the Middle Ages was written in Latin and Gr...

A Walden Two Reaction

they need to live. A lot of attention has been paid to this concept as much war and discrepancies are precipitated on the fact tha...

American Literature's Romantic Movement

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

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

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

Comparative Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837" (Anonymous Henry D(avid) Thoreau (1817-1862) thoreau....

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...

American Identity Development

In three pages the ways in which literature reflects the development of an American identity are examined in the works of such aut...

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...

Applying the Literary Lessons of E.M. Forster and Henry David Thoreau

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

Citizenship Responsibilities

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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 ...

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...

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...

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...