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    Miller Sophomore English Pd. 6 3 November 2014 Individualism Outline I. Intro: The battle between Ideologies has raged since the early 20th century creating friends as well as enemies among neighboring nations and their people. The Soviet Union and the United States divided during the cold war. Today people argue over freedom/order. Only one allows life and freedom: Individualism. Thesis: Society thrives most by promoting the superior ideology Individualism for it allows freedom of the individual to

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    The Woman's Renaissance

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    To What Extent And In What Ways Did Women Participate In The Renaissance? Thesis: Women of a higher social and economic status had a broader range of opportunities such as reading‚ writing‚ and art‚ but were still expected to do household chores‚ while women of a lower class were bound even more strictly to their domestic responsibilities. General Info • Household chores came first (Cooking‚ cleaning‚ sewing‚ etc.) • If a woman did not marry‚ she would enter a convent or live with relatives

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    Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks 
The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed

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    Carolingian Renaissance Reform of the Frankish Church under Carolingians -By 741‚ the Frankish Church had held no councils for a long time‚ Pope Zacharias said that ‘priests hardly know was priesthood is’ and Boniface said that Frankish clergy had a reputation for adultery -It needed reform and Carloman I recognized this‚ asking Boniface to convene a synod ‘to correct and amend ecclesiastical discipline’ -742/3 Concilium Germanicum‚ 744 council at Leptinnes both summoned by Carloman and one summoned

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    One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich tells the story of Shukhov‚ a Russian prisoner sentenced to ten years in a Siberian camp. He is a rather individualist person who is mainly interested in surviving day by day during his confinement. Every prisoner in the camp has to learn how to behave according to this mandatory lifestyle they have been condemned to‚ and this is the way Shukhov finds the most bearable and efficient. There is no such thing as a unique hard moment for the prisoners or a strong

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    to as business people who were involved in trade or retail to earn a living. The skill of trading in the Renaissance time‚ used by merchants‚ is reflected in the trading that occurs in the present century. Over time‚ merchants grew wealthy‚ but not before they were discriminated against by some of society. The job of a merchant may come across as simple‚ but in fact merchants in the Renaissance era were skilled‚ had challenges to overcome‚ an occupation to fill‚ shaping society‚ and evolving into

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    ‚ a short story written by Jack London‚ tells the story of a man who takes a journey on the Yukon Territory. This short story focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the man‚ and how self-reliant he was. Jack London is saying that although individualism means to stay true to yourself‚ task risks‚ and be self-reliant‚ in some cases‚ you need to rely on someone else and take the advice of others. The man in the story took quite the risk- he went on this journey into the wilderness‚ where it was

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    identity‚ the Harlem Renaissance Movement allowed their creative juices to flow and gave them an out to some the stressors of society during that time. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ African Americans would use art‚ music‚ stories‚ poems‚ etc. to express themselves. The Harlem Renaissance is a great movement in African American history. The Harlem Renaissance Movement got its name from the city in New York which kind of became the birth place

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    reject the constraints of conformity‚ abandon tradition‚ and follow their personal intuition. He does this by appealing to people’s sense of pride and fear‚ using examples and the credibility of others in the past‚ and using religion to explain why individualism is best. Primarily‚ he targets human fear. Emerson explains‚ “we but half express ourselves‚ and are ashamed… but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.” (Emerson‚ 86) Emerson is saying that if we fail to express what is in our

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    Mike Young EAL Semester Final Milburn 1/8/13 Think Different (Individualism) “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a poet and philosopher from Boston Massachusetts‚ who always brought forth new ideas and refining and redefining his view of the world. “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.” Emerson claims that society doesn’t always agree with your beliefs‚ but in order to be a man‚ you must think for yourself and not

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