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- 6431: Thoreau's View of Civil Disobedience
- ... of Civil Disobedience (by Henry David Thoreau) is about. As someone who followed the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau put the Trancendentalist ideas and theories to the test. This can also be seen in Thoreau's writing. The main points of the piece are as follows: 1. The individual can exist without government, but the government cannot exist without the individual (f.y.i. - this is called an epigram [a literary device ...
- 6432: Staples' “Just Walk On By”: Prejudice and Intimidation
- ... in no way saying that one should never fear any person walking toward you in the night. While no one person has all of the answers in life, I am sure that by reading my personal accounts, a person has a broader sense that, yes, Staples was correct in his assumptions. People are afraid of the black man and assume that because he is black, he is a thug. There are ...
- 6433: Chances
- ... redness of her cheeks. He shined his way into her life with his quiet air and genuine sincerity. He was sweet, always giving his peace in the sake of others. She admired his honesty and personal integrity. Although accustomed to ignore the opposite sex, with one glance her way, she fell deeper in love. She felt like she wanted him more than life itself, and it was evident that the agony ...
- 6434: Charles Darwin
- ... then many religious beliefs had agreed and also got the public to agree as well. Later, after many years, Darwin spent the rest of his life finding more re-search on his theories and finished writing all his books with many different vol-umes. He traveled very little, only from and back to London. He did a lot more re-search at home and at the age of 73, he died ...
- 6435: The Mariner's Letter To Victor
- ... as evil as death itself. The boat took them all, but I remained, I was left to die. How I survived to write you this letter is a mystery even to me. I am only writing you this letter because I heard of your success in creating the monster, when I left you it was only a dream of yours. I have heard of all that has happen, from Justine to ...
- 6436: Charlie Chaplin 3
- ... and their children. He made two more films, A King In New York (1957, with Dawn Addams) and A Countess From Hong Kong (1967, with Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando) and spent his final years writing music for his films and enjoying his family life before he died, at 4 A.M. on Christmas Day in 1977.
- 6437: O'Brien's “On the Rainy River”
- ... it more admirable to conform to societal pressures for fear of rejection, or to stay true to one’s own instinct? In Tim O’Brien’s non-fictional “On the Rainy River”, he concludes his personal account of being drafted with the admission, “I was a coward. I went to the war”, thus reinforcing the superior strength required behind an act of moral courage, as opposed to one of physical courage ...
- 6438: My Oedipus Complex
- My Oedipus Complex When ever you read a story of any kind you will usually know what any certain character is going through. Either by personal experience in that situation or just imagining what they are dealing with. In the short story "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O’Connor I can imagine how all the characters were feeling throughout the story ...
- 6439: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau writes in answer to a question proposed to him, namely, what is the origin of inequality? Almost all of the philosophers writing before him tended to assert that certain things were inherent in man’s original nature, and that this lead to the origin of government and law. Rousseau, however, takes a different approach. He argues that ...
- 6440: Christopher Columbus 2
- ... wanted 10% commission on all commerce between his discoveries and the mother country, the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, permanent position of governor of all new territories, and a long list of other personal demands. Columbus understood the importance of helping others get what they wanted. He presented the royalty with dreams of wealth and glory. He even appealed to their desire to spread their religious faith. He demonstrated ...
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