Walden Two Research Paper

Pursuing something new is fun and exciting, especially if the pursuit positively impacts someone else. I am grateful for the opportunity to re-enter grad school, this time at the doctorate level, to realize a dream that I’ve had since the

At the end of World War II two young fellas, Rodgers and Steve Jamnik, go and visit a man named Professor Burris in hopes of gathering information about a man named Frazier. Word has gotten around somehow that Frazier has built a new society and Rodgers and Jamnik would very much like to find it. Burris remembers that Frazier is an old classmate of his with crazy ideas and a hatred for the people who run the world. This leads Burris to reach out to Frazier, by letter, and within a very short period of time Frazier responds with an invitation to his newfound community. The professor agrees to step away from his teaching responsibilities for a few days and follow Rodgers and Steve to “Walden Two,” the name that Frazier has given his community. Accompanying them on this journey was Barbara, Rodge’s girlfriend, Mary, Steve’s Girlfriend, and Castle, a colleague of Burris’s.

B. F. Skinner's Walden Two is a topic of much controversy. Some believe it exactly what society needs, while others think it the exact opposite. More still think that some parts would be rather beneficial, but the rest should not even be tried. Some believe that some of the systems shown in Walden Two should be enforced in America today. Three such controversial ideas are behavioral engineering, economics, and education.

You may be dead now, but you left a huge impact on the world and on the lives of high school and college students reading your essay Walden, for school. You spent two years at Walden Pond. Why you spent exactly that much time, why you got away from society, why you lived in a small house, will be cryptic to us. You say that this lifestyle was to avoid materialism and find yourself in nature to achieve transcendence. And, this was true in your large essay, for the most part. I began to learn from your writings (Walden, Civil disobedience), however confusing and metaphorical they are. I respect you and what you have taught society. But, you always contradict yourself. Also, I want to tell you know that in your essay of Walden you said that ‘’As you simplify live your life, the laws of the universe will be simple; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness will be weakness.’’ I agree with you but considering that in the light of these modern days it is almost impossible to keep up with simplicity even though I know that to keep up with simplicity is a good thing. like I said, it is almost impossible for our generation to live without technology, without light, and without any facilities because in today’s modern world technology is one of the most important parts of each of the individual lives. Technology is like our soul, and we (the people) can’t live

Thoreau was a character that seemed to not care to fit social conformity. At times, it seems that he actually went out of his way to not do as society did. Thoreau thought of himself as seeing the world in a manner that was better for all of humanity. If Thoreau's experiment had been carried out in today's society, many people would have scrutinized it in many different ways. He could have been seen as reclusive, radical, disillusioned, revolutionary, or even just crazy.

My paternal grandparents are Eugene Mitchell who was born in 1919 and Clara Johnson who was born in 1913. During this period, it was acceptable for men to marry young girls with permission from girl’s parents. Eugene married Cleon Johnson who was 14 years of age. Eugene and Cleon gave birth to Arthur shortly after they were wed. Cleon was an adolescence herself, and was launched into family with young children life cycle.

When I first heard of B.F. Skinners’ Walden Two book, I heard it dealt with a utopian society. My first immediate thought jump into Divergent; a series of books I have recently read also dealing with a utopian society and how people lived and were basically controlled because they did as they were told no questions asked. However interesting the divergent series of books may be, Walden Two was not as exciting in that sense of adventure. Walden Two was an interesting read but it dealt more along the lines of a utopian society being created, what needed to take place in order for this society to be created, to be successful and it also dealt with how each person in the group of visitors carried a different perspective on how they viewed this

In the publications The Communist Manifesto and Walden, Karl Mark and Henry David Thoreau express the prevailing issues of a flawed functioning society. Marx conveys the economic instability of his imperfect civilization, while Thoreau states the materialistic difficulties that prevail in his. Both authors portray a goal to pursue harmony throughout their societies but differentiate in their ways of achieving such freedom.

Almost every woman in North America has some form of a relationship with their daughter and/or mother in their lifetime. However, these relation can vary in amiability and affection. Whether due to similarities or differences in personality or circumstances in life, mothers and daughters can be close confidants or fierce foes. These familial relationships have been studied in part by Marianne Hirsch and Sharon M. Varallo in their essays on “the familial gaze” and “the genre of family photographs,” respectively. In this essay, I will be using the work previously done by Hirsch and Varallo to analyze two different mother-daughter relationships presented in the television show Gilmore Girls. The two relationships differ vastly in their outward appearance, however both relationships show underlying characteristics of both friendship and animosity. Overall, these two mother-daughter relationships demonstrate that the love between a mother and a daughter can be expressed in various ways.

Communities play an essential role in the development of the self and learning about the stranger. Through communities, individuals are able to socialize and gain a greater understanding of each other. A community can be defined in many different ways based on every individual’s experience with it. Developing a strong community takes time. Some people, like Jeannette Walls, do not have the opportunity to develop strong communities throughout their childhood.

For hundreds of years young children were married off early in life sometimes 12 years old for girls, and 14 years old for boys. So why doesn’t that happen now? This simply is because starting in the early 1900s the age “limit” as some would say started increasing. Now instead of having to be 12 or 14, a person has to be anywhere between 15 and 21 to get married. Some of the reasons why this change occurred is compulsory state schooling, child labor laws, and studies showing the negative effects of early in life marriages (Dahl).

This is made obvious by the subjective reflections of the now grown daughters as they write about their relationships with a distorted and one-sided view. “When individuals describe and evaluate an important relationship, this “accounting” of the relationship imparts meanings to the events, actions, and emotions of their past history, their present interactions, and their anticipated future together.” (Bojczyk, Lehan and McWey) This is how they identify their formative years and how they identify themselves as daughters to their mothers. Sufficed to say, despite the differences in perspective and experience, it is nearly impossible for the mother-daughter relationship to be clinically reviewed, they are heavily subjected to the author’s opinions and reactions to their mother.

Raising a child isn't an easy thing to do. Raising a child while the parents are still in their teens is even harder. Dealing with the day to day chores that involves a baby and trying to work and get an education is very stressful on any teen.

My mother and I have always had a close bond in our relationship. When I was young, my mother was forced to raise me on her own, and during this time is when we developed a strong connection. Our relationship has never consisted of fighting, only the usual bickering that occurred during my teenage years. I have always reached out to my mother when I need advice, a shoulder to cry on, or am simply looking for a good laugh. Without I doubt, I consider my mother, my best friend because she continues to love me unconditionally despite the mistakes that I make. Together we are very open with each other and I value the fact that I tell her everything because I know this is something that is unique to a mother-daughter relationship.

(TS) In the essay entitled Walden, the author, Henry David Thoreau, uses symbolism that conveys rough, ever-moving entities to explain his belief that humanity should go beyond materialism, and transcend into a more simplistic but ultimately more human community. (PS) Throughout his memoir, Thoreau stresses the fact that culture in recent times is focused on the trials of life and lives an unbalanced life. (SS) For example, Thoreau frequently refers to nature as a symbol of balance throughout his essay. (SS) This symbol is prevalent because “Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells is that we were long ago changed into men…” (1). (SS) Thoreau’s words are interpreted as a symbol for a culture