It is amazing to witness how two very qualified authors are able to write about two extremely similar topics in his or her respective essay‚ yet the two authors come from two vastly different time periods and literary movements. Henry David Thoreau‚ the author of "Where I Lived‚ What I Lived For" lived as a transcendentalist‚ and published his work in 1854 after living life in a cabin in the woods. The other author‚ Annie Dillard‚ a modern day transcendentalist‚ published her work‚ "Living Like
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ideals and bring forth innovative creations that changed the course of humanity. They don’t have to be professionals‚ highly educated‚ or from wealthy‚ noble families. They need only the drive to fulfill a purpose‚ prove a point‚ and change lives. Henry David Thoreau‚ a well-noted polymath of the 1800s‚ and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a pivotal African-American activist‚ spoke about the necessity for change in their time in influential ways. In Thoreau’s essay‚ “Resistance to Civil Government‚” he
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“Hello‚ my name is Maya Parson and I would like to represent the city of Vance in the Virginia Girls’ State General Assembly.” The sound of my foot nervously tapping on the marble floor marked the silence that lay under my wavering voice. I had the concentrated attention of 50 of the most accomplished female rising seniors who where invited to spend a week at the American Legion Auxiliary’s Virginia Girl’s State program. I could feel the nervous sweat gathering on my palms. I was forced to place
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Living in the Moment As much as we all want to fully enjoy life we don’t know how‚ we experience enjoyment in such variability that we’re not able to pin it down to an exact science. The thing is living is easy‚ but truly enjoying and appreciating life’s most memorable moments takes a conscious effort. When was the last time you allowed yourself to just sit and savor the present moment – not reminiscing about the past and not anticipating the future? Not doing anything just being. Being in the here
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remember lake water. From the sudden remembrance came my poem Innisfree‚ my first lyric with anything in its rhythm of my own music" (2025). This poem was written in 1888‚ and was published in the "National Observer" in 1890. Yeats was inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. He wanted to imitate Thoreau by living on Innisfree. Yeats attempted "to create a form of poetry that was Irish in origin rather than one that adhered to the standards set by English poets and critics" (Kemer). Yeats used sounds
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Emerson led by example by leaving the fast pace Boston and moving to rural Concord where he built a small cabin by Walden pond where he lived in solitude searching for his own answers to his own questions in solitude. This later inspired his prodigy Henry David Thoreau to do the same and write a book called Walden. There are still nonconformist today who go against the outline that society has told us we must follow. Emerson wasn’t the only person that went against the grain to find his own unique
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Cited: Thoreau‚ Henry David‚ and Edwin Way Teale. Walden; Or‚ Life in the Woods‚. New York: Dodd‚ Mead‚ 1946. Print. Faulkner‚ William. As I Lay Dying. New York: Random House‚ 1964. Print.
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Connecting Walden While reading “Walden”‚ by Henry David Thoreau‚ you get a sense that he finds great comfort in nature; there was much symbolic‚ and spiritual meaning to be found in the wonders of the natural world‚ away from the strains of societal conformities‚ and consumerism. A main tenant of Transcendentalist writers was that independence‚ or self-reliance‚ was essential for man to attain their inherent greatness. For Thoreau‚ this independent‚ “Spartan-like” (Thoreau) lifestyle
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Living in Isolation Americans have become accustomed to a society where consumerism‚ technology‚ and the ambition of possessing material goods have become the basis of living. American writers and visionaries such as Henry David Thoreau‚ Chris McCandless‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and other poets have challenged this occurrence by taking it to the next level and‚ by doing so; have thrown light upon this endemic. Thoreau arguments this by isolating himself from society in Massachusetts near Walden
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Centre‚ 2009 Dwivedi‚ Amar Nath. Indian Thought and Tradition in American Literature. Calcutta‚ India: Oriental Publishers‚ 1978 Emerson‚ Ralph Waldo. Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. USA: Signet Classics‚ 2011 Encyclopedia Britannica. "Henry David Thoreau." Encyclopedia Britannica: Academic Edition. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.‚ 2009 Encyclopedia Britannica. "Max Müller." Encyclopedia Britannica: Academic Edition. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.‚ 2011 Müller‚ Max. "TO THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
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