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    Identity and Nietzsche

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    “With in-your-face friends’ tallies‚ status updates and photos of happy-looking people having great times‚ Facebook pages can make some kids feel even worse if they think they don’t measure up.” According to this quote from Lindsey Tanner‚ an AP Medical Writer‚ she explains Facebook is a place that influences one’s identity. In today’s society many people’s identities are influenced by the actions or conditions of people living around them. Since we are a part of the Technological Era‚ there are

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    Underground RR connections. Document D: Emerson talking about the Fugitive Slave Law This is really a great document for illustrating the moral position on the Fugitive Slave Act. And just think who and what you can connect Emerson to here? (Think Walden Pond and a particular religious revival as well!). Also‚ note his reference to the stoppage of the Slave Trade in 1807 (remember that provision that was decided at the Constitutional Convention regarding the

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    is something that is relevant in everyone’s life. People strive to obtain this dream throughout their entire life. However‚ the American dream can be different for each person depending on what they value and feel is important to them. In the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau he feels that everyone should live as simple as possible because life is more about finding your inner self rather than material possessions. Contrasting Thoreau’s American dream in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea (Abdulhamid Alansary‚ Dept.‚ of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Sohag University) ABSTRACT This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically‚ namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi’s Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature‚ which had been previously harmonized‚ has changed

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    The Transcendentalist Movement is known as an American literary‚ political and philosophical movement of the 1830s that was able to establish a clear voice for Americans. From conclusions drawn throughout Transcendentalism‚ there is a belief on a higher reality that is ultimately received by human reasoning. In the early nineteenth century‚ the movement followed with the belief that organized religion‚ government and other forms of social institutions corrupt the purity of each individual within

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    Driving Your Own Car to Work vs. Carpooling For many Frederick County residents‚ commuting 1-2 hours a day to get to and from their DC area jobs is the norm. According to one Washington Post poll‚ “Washington-area residents spend nearly twice as long getting to work as people in the rest of the nation. They also get stuck in traffic jams three times more often than commuters in the rest of the country” (Ginsburg). Yet‚ most commuters in our area still prefer to drive themselves to

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    Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician‚ writer and video maker. When at school‚ he CO-founded the band Genesis which he left in 1975. His albums‚ live performances and videos since then have won him a succession of awards. In 1980‚ he collected together a group of people to found WOMAD (World of Music‚ Arts & Dance). In a series of international festivals‚ each year WOMAD brings together traditional and modern music‚ arts and dance

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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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    University of Bouzareah Faculty of Letters and Languages Departement of English RESEARCH PAPER PREPARED ON : An Overview of the American Literary Periods Submited by : YAHIAOUI HAMDOUD ALANE Academic Year: 2012 / 2013 Early American Fiction (1492-1789)  Literature is told through the oral tradition.  Works largely consist of origin myths‚ legends‚ chants‚ and other stories.  Spiritual forces show up in water‚ land‚ animals‚ etc. which shows a major theme in

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    Rachel Carson’s “A Fable for Tomorrow”‚ the first chapter in Silent Spring‚ succeeded in creating a greater awareness of the increasing amount of human-caused disasters involving pesticides around the world by bringing in a large audience‚ showing the audience realistic‚ feasible events‚ and laying the foundation by giving purpose for the entirety of Carson’s book. Carson was a marine biologist‚ but was more famously known as a conservationist because of her book Silent Spring. She is also credited

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