David Henry Hwang

13. Example of Periodic Sentence: “Over the woodlands brown and bare/ Over the harvest-fields forsaken/ Silent and soft, and slow/ Descends the snow” (Longfellow 3-6). In this periodic sentence in Henry Longfellow’s “Snowflakes,” the sentence is left as an incomplete fragment until the last line. The snow falling is emphasized and the setting is left to be inferred with his long descriptions. This is effective because it allows the focus to be put on the setting initially, with suspense slowly building

involving a scientific analysis. Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1883) was an essential genesis thinker who began the Transcendentalist view, and his words were the beginning of Thoreau’s journey. He did not practice the idea but led Thoreau to do just that. Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862) took a naturalist approach and lived in a hand built cabin for two years two months and two days, reading and writing works of others with beginning idealist views which he expounded and perfected in his later works. These writers

The books Walden and other Writings by Henry David Thoreau and Hope Leslie or, Early Times in the Massachusetts by Catharine Maria Sedgwick both have many overlapping themes. This paper is going to focus on their shared opinions about materialism. Both Sedgwick and Thoreau condemn living for materials, insisting that there are better, more worthy things in life. These are the “higher things” since both authors agree that there are things morally higher than materials. Catharine Maria Sedgwick views

In today’s society, “keeping up with the Joneses” has become a widespread lifestyle for many families and individuals.  In other words, consumerism has become a way of life for most people because of the constant technological advancements of today.  As consumerism has grown immensely, it has become a very controversial topic; some people feel as if it has corrupted the world, and others feel as if it has improved it.  However, with all the hardships and issues in the world today, it is safe to assume

The Ordinary Extraordinary civ·il ˈsiv(ə)l/ adjective relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.” “courteous and polite.” When the word “civil” is mentioned, the information that forms in the mind comes from all directions, from literature, history, and present times. A word mislead by a past negative associations and false accusations, but upheld by its exceptional relations to positive times in the world. Civil is a broad word that can

life can only be achieved through material and monetary means. That your self worth is only equal to what you own. The aim of society is no longer to be free and live a life of comfort but to be a part of the bigger picture and feed the machine. Henry David Thoreau expresses his concern on these issues in detail in his works Walden and “Civil Disobedience”. Life should be led with simplicity. This is Thoreau’s mantra as he began his two-year experience of minimalist living. Thoreau is explicit

Henry David Thoreau lives by an ideology of minimalism and simplicity, conveniences of his era are gratuitous for a life of prosperity. He entered the woods to explore life living deliberately and to tread a road of existential self-actualization. Thoreau is a transcendentalist so it is only expected that he does not align with centralized authority through religion and government which leads to the the overall theme of naturalism and self reliancy. Essentially the theme thoreau advocates is that

was written by Martin Luther King jr. after he was arrested during a protest. The letter discusses his true feelings and thoughts towards members of the clergy and encourages them to support him further on his journey to end racial inequality. Henry David Thoreau was a recluse who tried to further himself from society and went as far to consider himself a martyr. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau scolds the general population in an attempt to change their thoughts on social issues like slavery, and

Antigone’s acts of civil disobedience can be justified because of her beliefs in a higher law, and more importantly the way in which she broke the civil law. To better relate Antigone’s actions to civil disobedience, we need to understand the meaning. Henry David Thoreau composed a well-known writing called “Resistance to Civil Government” (Thoreau). He was incarcerated overnight because he refused to pay his taxes. Thoreau was showing his opposition to the war with Mexico and the delay in abolishing slavery

Hawthorne as a Transcendentalist The Transcendentalist Movement of the early nineteenth century proved to be especially popular with American writers. Though many critics have associated authors such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson with this movement, many other American authors utilized themes of transcendentalism in their works. Likewise, although critics often do not portray Nathaniel Hawthorne as a transcendentalist, the multitude of characteristics central to those of the American