Category: Literature Study

Response to Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”

Together with Miss Joy Zhou “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles .” This quotation forms the closing two lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self Reliance”. I am greatly enlightened by his ideas in this article. “Trust thyself” was his advice and many Americans listened. …

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Response to Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”

Response to Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” Together with Miss Joy Zhou “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles .” This quotation forms the closing two lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self Reliance”. I am greatly enlightened by his ideas in this article. “Trust thyself” was his advice …

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Comments on Lewis Carroll’s Poem “Jabberwocky”

Meaningless Means Something   –Nonsense Language and Sounds in Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” “Wn a bby fst ts 2 kmnikt the wrds snd gibberish. ” No one knows what the baby is trying to say. The poem, “Jabberwocky,” written by Lewis Carroll, uses meaningless speech to either frustrate or amuse the reader. When trying to pronounce …

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Response to Thoreau’s Philanthropy ideas

Argument based on Thoreau’s Ideas on Philanthropy Walden, a famous book written by Henry D. Thoreau, is one of the best books ever written in American History. In its Economy chapter, Thoreau described some of the common ways to show charity in the mid 1800�s. He also showed his new ideas of philanthropy and charity. …

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Reponse to Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government”

“Resistance to Civil Government” This is my first writing based on the information obtained from the Cyberspace, to my surprise, most of the people on the net agree with Thoreau on less government control. After a careful study of all the available information to me, I found myself on the opposite side. Nowadays, government is …

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