Passion Why bother to pursue a passion? Henry David Thoreau’s Walden is a text about seeking a purposeful life by following your passions. When you focus on your passions‚ your life becomes meaningful. Living life to its full potential makes your life meaningful. Throughout my own life‚ I have always had dreams and goals to achieve in the future. I believe Thoreau speaks about a person’s drive to see what tomorrow brings them when he writes about his “infinite expectation of the dawn.” line
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In his article David Foster Wallace proposes that the world’s largest lobster-eating celebration may actually be a massive animal-abusing process comparable to the cruelty to that of the Aztec’s human-sacrificing ritual. Wallace introduces Maine’s annual Marine Lobster Festival (MLF) held in late June attracts thousands of tourists seeking to devour the “steak meat” of the Atlantic Ocean – lobster. A lobster is a crustacean‚ existing in the region since colonial times with such abundance that early
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There have been many times in human history were empires have crumbled because they lost their way. Whether it is because of corruption in politics‚ ideological views or religion‚ society has had its’ share of setbacks. Over time‚ new civilizations have sprung up out of the ashes of old ones‚ and sometimes these new civilizations are all the better for it. Today’s society has made the same mistakes‚ which has cause us to lose our way‚ and the only way we can truly regain it is to live outside our
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population. They stated the opposition to absolute monarchies as well as a new main focus on people’s innate rights and freedoms. Many leaders after this period of Enlightenment preached its ideas‚ while others simply used them to gain power. Simon Bolivar might have preached opinions that mainly reflected the ideas of the French Revolution. However‚ his actions contradicted these opinions‚ and revealed that his true intentions were selfish and illiberal. In several documents and speeches
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Henry David Thoreau spent much time studying nature and applying those studies to the human condition. His Transcendentalist ideas shone through in his writings and his life. In “Economy” he asks‚ “Why has man rooted himself thus firmly in the earth‚ but that he may rise in the same proportion into the heavens above” (Thoreau 58). He asks this question in response to man’s ever increasing need to have more than the basic necessities of life. In other words‚ if we have warmth‚ food‚ water‚ and clothing
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Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)‚ often called ‘El Libertador’‚ was a Venezuelan historical figure who led the fight for independence in Colombia‚ Panamá‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Perú and Bolivia. He was also influential in subsequent revolutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. His legacy is commemorated by statues‚ squares and streets all over the world‚ and NYC is no exception. An equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar can be found in Central Park South and 6th avenue. This monument to Simón Bolívar caused
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view. Although it usually uses tactics of nonviolence‚ it is more than mere passive resistance since it often takes active forms such as illegal street demonstrations or peaceful occupations of premises. The classic treatise on this topic is Henry David Thoreau’s "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience‚" which states that when a person’s conscience and the laws clash‚ that person must follow his or her conscience. The stress on personal conscience and on the need to act now rather than to wait for legal
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Simon Bolivar’s Jamaica Letter This document was written to an English gentleman‚ most likely the Governor of Jamaica at the time. It is in response to a request that Simon Bolivar expounds his views on the independence movement in Venezuela and the form of government under which the country should operate. To put this document into context‚ we have inserted some brief analysis [in brackets]. Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ September 6‚ 1815 My dear Sir: With what a feeling of gratitude I read that
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The essays by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ “Letters From Birmingham Jail” and Henry David Thoreau‚ “Civil Disobedience” show how one can be a civil person and protest against unfair‚ unjust laws forced upon them. Both authors are very persuasive in their letter writings. Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. write about the injustice of government laws‚ of right and wrong‚ and one’s moral and upstanding conscience of a human being. Martin Luther King Jr. is a religious‚ peaceful man who uses
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popular belief that independence leads to success and‚ subsequently‚ that success leads to self fulfillment. This natural‚ almost automatic lifestyle‚ in which millennials disregard others and place themselves as the center of the universe‚ is what David Foster Wallace calls the “default setting.” (Wallace‚ 2015) He ensures us that it is a common way of living among many college graduates‚ though he also maintains that living in our default setting will only prevent us from leading fulfilling lives
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