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    Kant and Emerson

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    readings of Immanuel Kant’s “Observations of Enjoyment” and Ralph Emerson’s pieces titled “Art “ and “ Circles” displayed a kind of similarity between the two very different writers. Throughout my essay you will see just how they are similar and what one would possible think of the others ideas. You see no ideas are necessarily right or wrong ultimately like in life people do not always agree In “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime” section one by Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant begins

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    self-reliant. The central recurring theme that emerges in transcendentalism is a return to nature. Thoreau sets out for Walden Pond to observe‚ learn‚ and explore‚ indicative of his transcendentalist beliefs. In Walden‚ Thoreau explains his convictions of transcendentalism through his imagery of nature and appreciation of Nature’s sounds‚ especially in the climactic seventeenth chapter‚ “Spring”. Thoreau discovers that one nice thing about living in the woods “was that [he] should have the leisure

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    Compare and Contrast of Treadwell and McCandless When reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer as it documents the journey Chris McCandless took and watching the movie The Grizzly Man as it documents Timothy Treadwell’s journey to document bears I was struck by how similar the two men‚ McCandless and Treadwell‚ really were. Yes‚ there were a great many differences between the two but also by how similar they were. While both men showed how they hated modern society and felt a strong desire to live

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    Christopher “Jack London” McCandless                                            Anna Wilson  English III Honors  Petrulla  26 November 2014  Wilson 2    Two people in two generations so different‚ yet so alike. Jack London‚ an American  author‚ wrote books like ​ Call of The Wild​  and ​ White Fang​ . Both were about adventure and  discovering something and that is exactly what Christopher McCandless did. Christopher  McCandless was an adventurer and a seeker of himself. Christopher read London’s novels and 

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    of rules and obligations‚ in a capitalism society focused on production and money‚ the reader can see why McCandless felt a need to escape a seemingly unfulfilling and meaningless life. McCandless’s disapproval of a capitalism originated with his interest in the works of Jack London. According to Jane Burres‚ a woman McCandless had lived with during part of his two year journey‚ “McCandless had been infatuated with London since childhood. London’s fervent condemnation of capitalist society… all of

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    there ‚I like the Asiatic culture‚ people there live in peace and live in harmony with nature ‚and they are more developed than us ‚and that my reasons behind going there. However when I saw the movie” into the wild” ‚ I liked the Christopher McCandless idea’s to go to the wild ‚ but I disagree with him in many sides .so let us make comparaison

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    Emerson And Prose

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    there has been people who fight to change it; people like Emerson and Prose. Both had unique views and opinions about education and constructed arguments tailored to their ideals. To support these arguments they used many rhetorical devices such as‚ logos‚ ethos‚ juxtaposition‚and rhetorical questions. Both Emerson and Prose thought that the education system should change‚ and they each needed to present their argument in a way that would persuade the reader to cohere to their ideas. This could

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    However‚ societies normally have similar views when it comes to a hero. Two American heroes‚ Edward Bloom and Chris McCandless are to some extent viewed the same way the Greeks viewed their own ancient Greek hero‚ Odysseus. These 3 heroes all have characteristics‚ traits‚ and projected ideals admired and pursued by their societies and for this very reason when both are compared‚ Chris McCandless is the better American hero when compared to Edward Bloom. The strive to become the great‚ powerful ancient

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    Thoreau Transcendentalism

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    Henry David Thoreau is a writer from the 19th century who sparked the movement entitled transcendentalism. This movement was one that people from that time would never of imagined. The basis of transcendentalism was that everyone is what they wanted to be‚ there was nothing holding anyone back; churches‚ work‚ society‚ you could be the center of your own universe and whatever that meant to yourself. The two chapters from Walden‚ Solitude and Higher Laws where both very intriguing and very challenging

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    Introduction Our current time is accelerated. Everything moves quickly; far more quickly than in the time of the Transcendentalists. If either of the Transcendentalist writers Thoreau or Emerson could see what the world has become they would be absolutely horrified. We continue to increase our speed and yet it seems that the faster we go‚ the more impatient we become. No one has any time to stop and smell the roses. No one has the time to appreciate for a moment how awe inspiring and wondrous this

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