it is often unclear where to draw the line between good morals and effective government. It is for this reason that many times‚ laws that are enacted for the “good of the people” can be in direct conflict with a person’s conscience. Due to the various struggles that the United States has faced in building a government‚ this topic has been a popular discussion throughout American literature. Although they did not live during the same time‚ American writers Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King
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The poem I chose for my final paper was “The moon now rises to her absolute rule” by Henry David Thoreau. The poem is Thoreau first describing the moon and everything that falls under it. In the poem Thoreau shed light on the hunters as well as plants who are thankful for what the moon does for them. In this essay is going to breakdown the poem entirely from the form used as well as the language. This poem also contains imagery which allows readers to imagine the scene Henry is describing. Before
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Rojas‚ 1 Ms. Verdorosa English H 9 P.2 1/30/15 “Where I’m from” I am from the old chair in the lonely corner who nobody pays attention to‚ From family pictures and the rich smell of coffee. I am from the bird that flies free and without worries‚ Sea breeze and cinnamon. I am from the tulip that blossoms whenever it wants. The deformed tree that grew up along with me in my porch‚ Whose long limbs I remember As if it they were my own. I’m from celebrations and really
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find it comforting. Robinson Jeffers’s "Where I?" Describes a woman at the end of her life who had found comfort and even excitement in death. In the poem‚ Jeffers considers the inevitability of death‚ which leads him to wonder whether it is best to die quickly or to prolong life. Jeffers’s description of the dying woman is dismal to begin with. He states‚ "This woman cannot live more than one year. / Her growing death is hidden in a hopeless place" (1-2). At first‚ Jeffers notices how imminent
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Home is where I belong The sacrifices‚ the beliefs‚ and the values parents implant in their children will help determine the person they grow up to be. A child is like a sponge that absorbs their parent’s thoughts and viewpoints that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. A bad event can scar them for life. For example‚ if a parent constantly yells at their child for no reasons and shows no signs of love‚ the little one’s childhood would consist of nothing but bad memories. This is exactly
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Individual follows his own set of rules While Emerson and Thoreau certainly have difference of opinions‚ they recognize the need for public discussion and discourse. a.“Self-Reliance” and “Civil Disobedience” supports individuality and personal expression. b. Views of society and government c. Passionate belief in the necessity of rights http://thoreau.eserver.org/wendy.html The two authors Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and Henry David Thoreau‚ are similar in many ways. A first example would be
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster From the title of the poem‚ we can assume that Elizabeth Brewster’s “Where I Come From” is about the place or places where the writer was born in or where she spent her whole childhood. We also assume that she is going to describe‚ tell memories and her opinion about the completely different places. Although the opening line “People are made of places” can be loosely described as form of alliteration‚ the repetition of the “p” sound is particularly effective
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noble experiment! Henry D. Thoreau believed the only necessities of life were food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and fuel (Thoreau‚ 11.)[i] Although he conducted his great experiment to prove this theory in 1845‚ could we survive today on Thoreau’s base necessities and would we be happier if we did? In his book Walden‚ Thoreau describes life in a home that he built himself at Walden Pond‚ where he remained for two years and two months‚ away from the luxuries of civilization. Thoreau hoped to prove in order
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According to the chapter 4 Reading 2 in View 2 on page 93 of the Catalyst 2 book Writing from Reading; I believe a marriage based on a love marriage. I think in the same way as View 2 about arranged marriages and love marriages because I feel people should trust in themselves‚ make independent decision‚ and be responsible for their own choices. Just as in the United States people live based on independent by their own life‚ trust in themselves‚ and responsibility of what they done and had decide
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I am my father’s daughter and my mother’s child. I was born and raised in Montebello‚ California. In 2000 it was still hard on the economy‚ it put me in a place most kids wouldn’t have been in and for a family of 6‚ and it made it much harder. I am the 4th child of 6‚ and perhaps the most affected one. The way I grew up has made me the young lady I am today. When I was younger‚ I used to be oblivious to the world‚ just as any other child. The first time I noticed the hardship my parents went through
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