Name_________________________________________________________________Date___________________________ Thomas Paine AP Argument Prompt Essay Student Samples Sample 1: A Throughout American history there have been many theories as to the makeup of this diverse nation. One of the most popular refers to America as the “great melting pot‚” suggesting that America is a place where all kinds of different cultures and beliefs combine to form a uniquely American identity. Thomas Paine here‚ however‚ seems to be more in accord with the “tomato
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Ralph Emerson‚ author of “Self-Reliance”‚ regards a person’s growth normally as a process of abandoning one’s spirit of nonconformity or moral tendency . Society is considered to have a pessimistic effect on the growth of each individual’s soul‚ whereas confinement may contribute to it as well. Whichever the case may be‚ the individual is trapped either by bigotry‚ from power‚ or low self-esteem‚ from group-think. Senseless philanthropy‚ which encourages dependence on outside help‚ is thus also thought
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people" do you think of a people who are despoiled‚ alienated‚ or lost? William Carlos Williams characterizes the American people in this way in his poem To Elsie‚ which provides commentary on the American people’s lost perspective. Through tone and imagery Williams tells of a self-alienating America that has lost perspective of its most treasured ideology‚ the American Dream‚ due to its violent and unstable tradition. Williams’ tone is a key component to understanding the message that he wishes
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Baldwin 14.3 In the letters that Thomas Paine wrote he stood up for the Americans and called the British government absurd. Paine begins by distinguishing between government and society. Society to Paine is everything constructive and good that people join together to accomplish. Government is an institution whose sole purpose is to protect us from our own voices. Paine says that government’s purpose is to protect life‚ liberty and property. Thomas believed that every man should have rights
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what others do you won’t have the freedom or spiritual mind. For example‚ transcendentalists‚ Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ led the celebration of the American experiment as one of individualism and self-reliance. They took progressive stands on women’s rights‚ abolition‚ reform‚ education‚ criticized government‚ organized religion‚ laws‚ social
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Despite Dylan Thomas’ often obscure images‚ he expresses a clear message of religious devotion in many of his poems. He creates images that reflect God’s connection with the earth and body. In “And death shall have no dominion‚” Thomas portrays the redemption of the soul in death‚ and the soul’s liberation into harmony with nature and God. Thomas best depicts his beliefs‚ though abstract and complicated‚ to the reader with the use of analogies and images of God’s
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14. Who is Thomas a Becket? Why do you think he was important? Thomas a Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury. He was a close friend of Henry II and this is how he accomplished to become the archbishop of Canterbury. He was important because as Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Thomas Becket stubbornly resisted the efforts of King Henry II to include members of the church clergy in his reformation of the English court system and later became a saint. "Thomas Becket." UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L‚
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October 8‚ 2014 Thomas Paine Who was Thomas Paine? Thomas Paine is a British‚ American born on January 29‚ 1737. He was born in Thetford‚ England. He was a political activist‚ philosopher‚ and revolutionist. Throughout his early lifespan‚ he had different jobs but he wasn’t known until he became a journalist. In 1774‚ he moved to America and during his time in Philadelphia‚ he became a journalist. He then published “Common Sense” in 1776 which remains one of the most important documents written
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Thomas Keller born October 14‚ 1955 is an American chef‚ restaurateur‚ and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant‚ The French Laundry in Yountville‚ California‚ have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation‚ notably the Best California Chef in 1996‚ and the Best Chef in America in 1997. The restaurant is a perennial winner in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World. Thomas was the youngest of five boys. In his teenage summers‚ he
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4: The Firetruck and the Wheelbarrow” William Carlos Williams has a tendency to hyperbolize and glorify objects in order to demonstrate their importance to the functioning of human society. This is done to the effect of creating “unsung heroes” out of everyday objects and encourages the reader to understand the value of little things in all situations. Interestingly‚ he does all of this without personifying his subjects. In “The Great Figure”‚ Williams describes a fire truck rushing down an urban
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