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    Thoreau Taught Us How to Create a Better World‚ but Few Listened Imagine what the look on 19th century writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s face would be if he were transported to present day America. Now‚ if Thoreau thought that "export[ing] ice‚ talk[ing] through a telegraph‚ and rid[ing] thirty miles an hour" was superfluous‚ envision what he would think of our modern society (Thoreau excerpt). He would gasp at air conditioning and refrigeration‚ feel faint when he saw a computer or

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    Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. both shared a similar theme in their writing‚ which was their passion for equality. These two authors both desperately longed for fairness amongst the people of our nation. Though the stories of Thoreau and King were similar‚ how they went about it differed. The tone in Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was much different compared to Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government”. The two men were similar because they were

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    they did not live during the same time‚ American writers Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. each wrote about how a person should not follow laws that they believe to be immoral. Thoreau’s main concern pertained to the legal existence of slaves and slave-owners‚ and a century later‚ King spoke out against legal segregation in the South. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Martin Luther King‚ Jr. shares the same attitude with Henry David Thoreau’s work‚ “Civil Disobedience” concerning just

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    Sister’s Kinship Corrie and Betsie Ten Boom are two of the main characters of the book The Hiding Place‚ which talks about a courageous family that helped the Jews to escape during the nazi holocaust in the middle of the second world war. While Corrie and Betsie are both middle-aged‚ Christian sisters‚ they are different in many ways such as sense of fashion and abilities. Betsie was a courageous‚ kind‚ faithful‚ Christian woman. She had suffered from anemia since she was a baby‚ and because of that

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    ‘Shakespeare’s Henry IV‚ Part I explores what it means to be an honest and honourable man.’ Discuss In Shakespeare’s King Henry IV‚ Part‚ the playwright aims to present differing views of the time on the themes and notions of being deceptive and honourable‚ through situation as well as character. Consequently the playwright leads to the central question what it means to be a man. William Shakespeare’s interpretation is reflected in the perfect transformation of Prince Hal. Shakespeare’s main characters

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    Was Henry VII ever in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485? It is possible to agree that Henry VII was in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485 due to rebellions like Lambert Simnel‚ Perkin Warbeck and Lovell. However‚ it is also possible to disagree with this statement because Henry held the two princes people were trying to pretend to be and Henry was also well prepared for these rebellions. The Lovell rebellion in 1486 was the first of a series of rebellions Henry faced. It

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    heroes‚ Corrie Ten Boom‚ is “[an] indomitable spirit..‚ not just a ‘sweet little grandmother’‚ but a two-fisted old Dutch soldier for Christ” (“Corrie Ten Boom” U*X*L). Through her unshakable faith in God‚ Corrie Ten Boom was able to valiantly aid the Holocaust victims in their most dire time of need despite the constant danger of being captured. Ten Boom’s generosity was cultured from her religious background and loving family‚ who was always supportive and equally charitable (“Corrie Ten Boom”

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    When you think of an influential person‚ you think of a leader. Someone who has done good not only for themselves‚ but also for other people and Henry did just that for England. King Henry once stated that he wanted to be remembered Therefore I believe that King Henry was the most influential British monarch in history. • A man known famous for the English reformation • Feared • Powerful • Handsome • The way he treated his wives- the way kings behaved. • Some would even say he

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    In Henry David Thoreau ‘s Walden Thoreau expresses his perception of what is real and genuine. To him reality is your own perception. If a person wants to‚ they can control how they look at life. In the chapter “Where I lived‚ and What I Lived For”‚ Thoreau tells us “When we are unhurried and wise‚ we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence‚ - that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.” What Thoreau means is that if we settle

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    Entry V. “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” by Henry David Thoreau. Genre: Classic Essay 1. Thoreau declares his higher purpose as going off into the woods (deliberately) in search to learn of the truth. He lived to reduce life to “its lowest terms” and to find the true and genuine meaning of the world. He wants to know it solely by getting to experience it in different terms compared to others; Thoreau just wants to live and not be caught up in a materialistic society. 2. “I went to the woods

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