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    Brandon Hanson 1/27/14 Over history; countless forms of film‚ television‚ and literature have been based off of real events that have happened‚ previous to the adaptation. Some recreations of existent happenings can be on point to the event itself. On the other hand‚ the remake can be completely different and have little to no similarities to the original

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    1.According to the opening statement‚ what does every person realize at some moment in his/her education? That envy is ignorance 2.In the second paragraph‚ what does Emerson say is every person’s destiny? 3.Explain what Emerson believes about society as a whole. (Paragraph 3) he believes society is a conspiracy and everyone is against one another. No one person is trying to help another; they are each trying to rise up against the other. 4.What is self-reliance an aversion to? (Paragraph 3) society

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    within. The person in the song goes insane over time‚ and gets further and further away from the truth the harder they look for it. This personifies the idea that seeking outside of one’s self will not lead to true knowledge and wisdom‚ a totally Emerson idea. 2.) Come As You Are by Nirvana- This happens to be not only one of my favorite songs of all time‚ but also a great representation of Self-Reliance’s ideas of being yourself and not trying to conform. This is contradicted a little bit when Kurt

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    their beliefs which can possibly make a difference. In one of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays‚ Self-Reliance‚ shows a variety or a step-by-step solution on how to become an individual without giving into the society’s demands or other people’s opinions. Emerson believes that a person’s behavior should be expressed through his or her self-trust‚ non-conformity‚ and an independence of thought. Hence‚ to become an individual without the society preventing a person from reaching his or her true self‚ one must

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    The quote that most provoked thought and emotion from within me comes from the essay "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. "To be great is to be misunderstood" was used by Emerson to explain the lagging growth of the conception of ideas and thoughts of his generation. Original and novel ideas were scorned by conservatives who believed the best method for learning was by repetition and memorization of proven classics written by previous generations. <br><br>The continuing timelessness of his quote

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    He spent his life in voluntary poverty‚ enthralled by the study of nature. Two years‚ in the prime of his life‚ were spent living in a shack in the woods near a pond. Who would choose a life like this? Henry David Thoreau did‚ and he enjoyed it. Who was Henry David Thoreau‚ what did he do‚ and what did others think of his work? Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts on July 12‚ 1817 ("Thoreau" 96)‚ on his grandmother’s farm. Thoreau‚ who was of French-Huguenot and Scottish-Quaker

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    valuable literary knowledge. Prose didn’t have a definition of true education‚ but she pointed out a major problem in the path of a better education. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the next author with strong views towards our flawed education system. He believes that a student should be free to make their own decisions for their education. Emerson also writes about the balance between “Genius and Drill”. Genius is when the student can develop their own ideas about things to grow their knowledge‚ and drill

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    a society solely on such principles (self-reliance).” Granted‚ sometimes people need the constraints of laws and morality to prevent crime and harm. Nevertheless‚ it will also be a stagnant world if everyone in the society is a conformist. As Emerson says‚ “Every true man is a cause‚ a country and an age”‚ it is always people’s nonconformity that stimulates innovation and ushers in a new age. Even if those nonconformists’ causes are not accomplished only by themselves‚ the nonconformity to the

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    Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ and Fuller were some of the most famous preachers of transcendentalism‚ an ideology that formed after the intellectual period. Emerson and Thoreau were authors who wrote about the concept and Fuller was an influencer of the cause and an early pioneer for feminism. Sal Khan is the author of this article. His audience is students who come to his website to learn. Like the last bibliography‚ the standpoint of Khan is from a teacher’s perspective so it is unbiased and purely for educational

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    is because he hears a different drummer” (Thoreau p.). I decided to come out to the lake to be by myself and reflect upon what nature can teach me rather than the schools. I took this from Emerson; he says‚ “Every individual is capable of discovering this higher truth on his or her own‚ through intuition” (Emerson p.). I am 6 feet 2 inches tall and have black hair and a full beard with blue eyes. My most comfortable clothes to wear are an old worn out pair of blue jeans‚ a flannel shirt and flip

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