How do you feel when others talk about you‚ or about what others think about you? A famous transcendentalist named Ralph Waldo Emerson quoted‚ “What I must do is all that concerns me‚ not what others think.” This is significant because Emerson conveyed how he was a true transcendentalist who relied on himself‚ believed in himself‚ and didn’t mind what others perceive of him. Examples of people are Khloe Kardashian‚ Rosa Parks‚ and myself. Not interested in what others say or think of you can be
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Kelly Zhang Mr. Go ENG3D1-09 19 October 2012 Love Must Not Be Forgotten “A revolution is not a dinner party‚ or writing an essay‚ or painting a picture‚ or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined‚ so leisurely and gentle‚ so temperate‚ kind‚ courteous‚ restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection‚ an act of violence by which one class overthrows another”– Mao Zedong. In the short story “Love Must Not Be Forgotten” author Zhang Jie reflects on her Chinese identity and the
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During the hustling‚ industrial moments of U.S. history‚ transcendentalism emerged. Ralph Emerson and Henry Thoreau‚ the founders of the belief‚ preached in their respective texts about the importance of self realization of one’s potential by using nature in order to prevent a corrupt and immoral society. Although the movement eventually died out in the late 1850’s‚ the belief still carries on. Pico Iyer‚ a famous Japanese transcendentalist‚ once stated‚ “I left my comfortable job of life to live
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“Live in the sunshine‚ swim in the Sea‚ drink the wild air”. This quote by Emerson embodied many traits of transcendentalism. In this ideology that emerged in New England around 1836‚ it focused greatly on the individual and concepts emphasizing the goodness of nature. Both Thoreau and Emerson were notable figures of this belief‚ that advocated for individuals to escape the corruption of society and embrace the self. Through this major belief‚ it helped many people around the world to remember what
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Poem Explication Ralph Waldo Emerson – The Amulet Your picture smiles as first it smiled‚ The ring you gave is still the same‚ Your letter tells‚ O changing child‚ No tidings since it came. Give me an amulet That keeps intelligence with you‚ Red when you love‚ and rosier red‚ And when you love not‚ pale and blue. Alas‚ that neither bonds nor vows Can certify possession; Torments me still the fear that love Died in its last expression. Analysis Point of view – The speaker
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John Smith The Gods Must Be Crazy This film was a mash up of three separate stories – the journey of a Bushman to the “end of the world‚” the romance between a researcher and a school teacher‚ and a group of revolutionaries fleeing persecution. The story begins with Xi and his tribe of Bushman members living well in the Kalahari Desert. These unique sets of individuals only wear a piece of cloth over their lower bodies and occasionally have a headpiece as well. They are happy since the gods
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Jeremy Hudson “A Change Must Come.” PHI 208 Professor Michael Pankrast 1 Imagine living in a world where you did not know where you next meal was coming from. Could you live life knowing that you would never get that full satisfaction of being full? I do even know if I could do that one. In Peter Singer’s article‚ “ Famine‚ Affluence and Morality‚” Singer addresses these idea just as such. Throughout this essay I will state Singer’s goal in writing this article while
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The movie the Gods Must Be Crazy is about cultural diffusion. In the beginning of the movie we are introduced to a tribe that is isolated from everything else. One of the tribe members happens to find an empty glass bottle that apparently fell from a plane‚ but the tribe member believes that it fell from the sky and that it was a gift from the gods. Excitedly he shows all the other tribe members the gift from the gods but none of them seem to know what it is. So they immediately find various uses
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benefit for themselves. However‚ both Joseph Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" and Rudyard Kipling’s "The Man Who Would Be King" depicts how imperialism leads to madness and evil behavior as moral and ethical boundaries are taken away. Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" tells the story of Marlow and Kurtz‚ two men working together in Africa with varying opinions regarding imperialism. Kipling’s "The Man Who Would Be King" tells the story of two veterans‚ Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan‚ and their imperialist
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What behavior(s) would (do) you need to improve? How many times have you felt bad because of not liking your behavior? How many times have you blamed yourself for not being better? Each one of us has experienced such a moments but the problem is when the unwanted behavior becomes a routine part of our daily lives. Personally a behavior that makes me feel bad and I would like to improve would be controlling my mood. My moods can change due to recent happenings‚ but can also be the result of past
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