During their journeys against the wilderness‚ Henry David Thoreau and Jon Krakauer challenged the demands and territories between the humans’ safe haven and Mother Earth’s true land. Both Walden and Into The Wild share themes that both authors address. In the early stages of their goals‚ Thoreau and Krakauer encountered a common theme. Self perfection and animosity towards those who preach perfection‚ but have not obtained it themselves. In his journey through Walden‚ Thoreau demonstrates
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the world and become a shepherd. Sometimes‚ people have to stand up to their parents and tell them what they want to do with their life. Parents can help guide one’s life‚ but they cannot control his/her life. Likewise‚ in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless decides to ignore his father’s dreams for him and follow his own dreams. (105 words). I thought it was extremely peculiar that Santiago had the same dream exactly one year apart. Not only did he have the same dream‚ but Santiago
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exploration of the human feelings‚ there was also a group of bold poets in the 17th Century who took their words to a rather analytical side of the abstracts aspects of life. John Donne‚ one of Metaphysical Poetry’s main figures‚ stands out for his choice of simple words to approach more complex themes of life. In ‘‘Holy Sonnet 10’’‚ Donne brings Death to human level in which he strongly criticizes it for being inferior to other mortal pleasures. Donne’s boldness is emphasized as he alters the English sonnet’s
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In the article “The Culture of Shut Up‚” author Jon Lovett ponders the current state of public dialogue in the age of the Internet. Lovett is a Los Angeles based writer and a former speech writer for President Barack Obama (13). The author suggests that the internet‚ which provides for exceptional access to diverse public speech‚ will inevitably include speech that is offensive. Lovett’s opinion is that people must resist the urge to punish such speech‚ if people want to allow a range of voices to
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In reading some works by John Donne‚ I came to admire one entitled Holy Sonnet 14. The fact that Donne wrote to a three person God‚ caught my attention because I was able to relate and understand the biblical text. This sonnet made me feel as if I was in the time in which it was written. There are times when many of us feel down and out and need to express ourselves in a very nasty‚ brutish‚ and harsh way. This paper will further discuss how Donne has spoken and expressed himself to his God. This
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1 Shanahan In the poems the “Holy Sonnet IV” and the “Holy Sonnet VII”‚ the writer John Donne accepts the theme of death and understands that death doesn’t wait for anyone. The similarities in each poem’s theme of accepting death are very alike due to John Donne’s morals that one must repent and go through death to reach an eternal life. In the “Holy Sonnet VI”‚ Donne contrasts life and death. In the first cinquain the speaker explains how life is coming to an end by stating that this is “My spans
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The purpose of Peter Jon Lindberg’s article Ode to the Annual Repeat Summer Vacation is for the reader to understand why he returns to the same vacation destination year after year instead of traveling somewhere new. Lindberg’s article has strategies that start from the beginning to the end that help with this. If Lindberg wouldn’t have used the tools he had availed to him‚ his article would have been confusing and would loose the reader. However‚ since Lindberg used the tools his article was a
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obtain our qualities simply by inheritance and association. The environment one chooses to surround themselves reflects similar learned behaviors and thought processes. Deviating from the norm is often contemptible‚ but natural‚ according to author Jon Krakauer. Realizing that he did not want to become a carbon copy of his parents and environment‚ Christopher McCandless wandered the American West for two years‚ as a nomad‚ to reject society as he knows it―his family‚ friends‚ and possessions. He burns
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Team Mccandless “If you want something in this life ‚reach out and grab it “ (Krakauer) . Due to Chris McCandless he was trying to find a true meaning to life. In order for him to understand himself and find himself in the world he choice to leave society. In the book “Into The Wild “ I believe that Chris McCandless was a fearless young man . Chris followed his dreams by going into the wild to get out of society .The majority of the human population will disagree with Chris choices and think
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In the book Into the Wild‚ the author identifies the theme of McCandless’ elusiveness of his identity leading to the isolation of himself‚ resulting in costing him his life. Krakauer continuously writes about how McCandless wants to find his identity through traveling and exploring the world and what it has to offer. Though his travels‚ McCandless finds that in order to achieve in discovering himself‚ he must dis-attach himself from any relationship he has with anyone and can only stay in places
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