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    In The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail‚ a greatly emphasized theme is the idea of being unique from others by taking the initiative to undertake your own . The idea of individualism is an important quality of transcendentalism‚ and it is greatly implied in the play that people who strive to be their own self do better in life compared to a person who aims to be like another person. Individualism means to try new things that set you apart from the normal way of doing things. In my opinion‚ one of the

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    old he was already appearing on television and impressing everybody from the host of the show and all the way to his Dad with his golf swing. Tiger Woods came on the Mike Douglas show along with his Dad to show off his talent for the game of golf. Tiger’s father‚ Earl Woods had always been a lifelong golf advocate. Most people feel like Earl Woods was a bigger fan of golf then his son and Tiger merely started to play the sport due to his father’s passion for the game and he wanted to make his dad

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    replied‚ “I have not failed 1‚000 times. I have successfully discovered 1‚000 ways to not make a light bulb.” A great leader isn’t defined by accomplishments (although it definitely plays a role); they are defined by how they can learn and improve from failure. In truly successful leaders‚ I noticed that each had learned from past adversities or mistakes. Henry Ford‚ Fred Smith‚ and Bill Gates have all faced failure and used it to refine their own identities as leaders. Henry Ford Henry Ford is

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    Whether it is dependency on someone else for money‚ food‚ or clothing‚ it all creates a feeling of resentment in a person. Upon taking this into consideration‚ the ideals of individualism and self-sufficiency begin to appeal to someone. Self-sufficiency takes the weight of dependency completely off one’s shoulders and the idea of individualism takes the guilt of their shoulders as well. No longer would you need to depend on others‚ and you wouldn’t feel obliged to help other’s either. Instead you

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    who survived the terrible suffering was David Klipp. David survived Auschwitz while he lost his sister and mother but still had the power to push through. Upon arriving at Auschwitz and before he arrived he thought he was going to be killed. When David arrived at Auschwitz he sister and mother were immediately sent to the gas chambers were David never saw either of them again. Since David was a young man he went to work in the camps manufacturing plant. David was a very intelligent man and knew how

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    The relationship between the two rulers and their own legitimacy led to its fair share of rebellion and resistance as well. Henry IV Part 1 deals primarily with the aftermath of Henry’s taking of the throne‚ which took the shape of an armed rebellion by the Percies; this rebellion mirrors the feelings and resistance of Catholic dissenters during Elizabeth’s time both historically and through Shakespeare’s guidance. Hotspur and the Percies retained great loyalty to Richard II despite supporting Henry’s

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    Hollis Woods is a young girl who has been to so many foster homes. She is a girl who can often get into trouble a lot . Hollis loves to paint anything around her that she likes. She is a great artist like she is told later on in the story. She got an offer to stay with the Regans family‚ located in the middle of the woods‚ near a lake‚ mountains and hills. She ends up staying there for the summer and enjoys it there. She likes the home and becomes friends with Steve Regan (Mrs. and Mr. Regan’s son)

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    after Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience”‚ Martin Luther King wrote his most famous essay; “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” In the times of Henry David Thoreau there was only one topic of politics in the United States‚ slavery. Many southerners wanted to keep slavery while many northerners were against it. Henry David Thoreau was a white northerner that was against slavery‚ and he was willing to go to jail for it. He proved that in writing his famous letter. In the letter Thoreau describes

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    newspaper‚ a good reporter must do some serious research and investigation to learn more about the piece. In order to investigate these philosophical men and their writings‚ you will complete two assignments for the assessment for this lesson. Part I. Ralph Waldo Emerson In an essay published in 1841‚ Emerson addressed one of the central characteristics of the American sensibility: individualism. Before you read‚ take a moment to think about the term “self-reliance” and what it means to you as a

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    Disobedience had a similar effect throughout the following decades on the thoughts and minds of the oppressed. Civil disobedience has evolved from a sense of right and wrong and from the consciousness of doing something for the greater good. Thoreau did not invent the concept civil disobedience‚ for we can see myriad examples throughout history. Transcendent law appeared in the writing of Socrates as well as in many of the Greek Tragedies. It is a concept which bases its morality on the premise

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