vibrant greens or a golden sun illuminating the entire compositions. An extremely significant line from “Where I lived and What I lived for” is “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture‚ or to carve a statue‚ and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look‚ which morally we can do.” Thoreau was saying that the individual controls the meaning of the art of living. The control the way that they
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The Tragic Hero and Happiness in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer‚ fascinated by a young man in April 1992 who hitchhiked to Alaska and lived alone in the wild for four months before his decomposed body was discovered‚ writes the story of Christopher McCandless‚ in his national bestseller: Into the Wild. McCandless was always a unique and intelligent boy who saw the world differently. Into the Wild explores all aspects of McCandless’s life in order to better understand the reason why a smart‚ social
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1‚ 2012 What I have lived for Looking back on my life‚ there is a question wandering in my mind---what I have lived for. After a long time of contemplating‚ I find that I have been engaged in three missions in my whole life: overcoming difficulties‚ cultivating diligence and pursuing happiness. These three missions have made my life meaningful and wonderful. First‚ I have never surrendered to the difficulties in my life. I know that if I want light‚ I must conquer darkness. So I fought with
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Whether it’s the urge to winning a race or parachuting off a plane miles up‚ that heart pumping‚ adrenaline‚ feeling I get is what I would describe fun as. That slow motion time zone I receive in the midst of battling a position for a race is the feeling that cannot be explained‚ but for one to have experienced it to know. That time zone where everything is slowed‚ is where I have the chance to forget all the stress built up‚ and to just enjoy the ecstasy feeling of the adrenaline. This ecstasy
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The Prospects of Thoreau’s Philosophy Henry David Thoreau proved to be a man of strong beliefs‚ which he explained in his essay “Where I Lived and What I Lived For”‚ asking questions that he wanted the audience to ponder‚ such as‚ “Why should we live in such a hurry and waste life?” His goal in writing the essay‚ which is an excerpt from a grand collection of essays‚ was to convey his idea of the way that man should expand his knowledge for the sake of simply bettering himself and to disassociate
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Memoir-23 Student 2: Past experience Rhetorical Analysis: Walden‚ ‘Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” Is the second chapter from Henry D. Thoreau’s book Walden‚ found on pages 81-98 originally published by Princeton University Press‚ 1854. This edition is the 2004 reprint of the 1971 copyright with an introduction by John Updike. The critical memoir was penned in 1845 by Henry David Thoreau as an account of a two year and two month period spent in the woods
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What I Have Lived for ---Bertrand Russell Three passions‚ simple but overwhelmingly strong‚ have governed my life: the longing for love‚ the search for knowledge‚ and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions‚ like great winds‚ have blown me hither and thither‚ in a wayward course‚ over a deep ocean of anguish‚ reaching to the verge of despair. I have sought love‚ first‚ because it brings ecstasy --- ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few
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If I lived in Germany in the 1940s three challenges that i’d experience are. Effects of war‚ lack of food‚ and harsh living environments. Living during the holocaust was a very stressful time. For example‚no matter where you were in Germany in the 1940s you would no doubt feel the effects of the war. Germany was infested with many different countries. The main countries that were involved were. America‚ half of Europe‚ and Russia. Because of the war‚ millions of people didn’t have any homes. Their
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In “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For‚” by Henry David Thoreau‚ Thoreau makes the statement‚ “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” What he meant from this statement was that if people can move away from the idea that their personal worth is based on the material goods that they buy or own‚ they are actually better off or richer. It is the intangible things that are more important than the material goods. Many people think that their lives are richer
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In “Walden‚ Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” (1924)‚ Henry David Thoreau claims people should have sufficient resources and live a simple life. Thoreau illustrates his claim by comparing his riches to someone who wasn’t as wealthy as him and also by defining what people think reality is‚ “ I found thus that I had been a rich man without any damage to my poverty.” and “ Let us settle ourselves‚ and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion‚ and prejudice‚ and tradition
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