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In five pages this paper discuses how reading is considered in Thoreau's Walden and in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...

In five pages Thoreau's Walden Pond is examined in a consideration of the author's portrayal of nature. Two sources are cited in ...

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

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

In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...

In six pages this paper examines how Thoreau criticized modern technology in these literary works. One source is cited in the bib...

In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...

first able to ascertain the beauty of something so elusive and grand. "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, ...

challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...

a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....

define what is not essential in our lives we can more accurately see what is important. For example, if we can get to a place wher...

2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...

to expand, he says, or else they will be misunderstood. He applies this to nations as well: "Individuals, like nations, must have ...

perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

spirited figure of St George in armour, expressing in the head of this saint the beauty of youth, courage and valour in arms, and ...

it is immoral to allow oneself to be associated with a gross injustice. In his essay, Thoreau refers particularly to the Mexican W...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the family life of Puritan moderate minister Ralph Josselin as chronicled in his diaries....

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

In five pages this paper defines how the conservatism concept as evolved in a consideration of George Tindall and David Shi's Amer...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

swayed by the setting to which he is born. In fact, it seems that Emma and Huck learn those lessons too. The self-reliance they ea...

virtue of an extensive library and the contributions of fellow students. Not only is the type of school all-important to ones aca...

of men, she was sexually attracted to women and made no attempt to hide her lesbianism, much to the shock of her Victorian contemp...

In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...

In five pages this paper assesses whether or not self reliance can be regarded as a characteristic that is gender linked. Three s...

with methodical, journeyman style. As he told a radio interviewer in 1992: "My job is to be a hard-working man who sits at a moder...