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In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, a mother narrates her oldest daughter’s visit back home. After being away for what we can assume was a very long time, the daughter, Wangero (once known as “Dee”, but changed her name) is now rich and successful, wearing fancy clothes and a fancy hairstyle; she is almost an entirely…

In the short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker is a glimpse into the lives of three women and how things matter differently to each of them. The narrator, Maggie’s mother, and Maggie see the artifacts described in the story as everyday things. They use many of them in their everyday life and do not…

Thoreau’s opinion is a little more complicated than it might seem on the surface. For instance, when he opens his essay with an endorsement of the motto that “That government is best which governs least,” one might think that Thoreau is against government existence altogether. Anticipating this, Thoreau states clearly, “I ask for, not at…

According to Henry David Thoreau, society moves too quickly and is too busy. The speaker of the story identifies himself as one who enjoys the more simple things in life, such as nature. He feels that general civilization does not take the time to slow down and enjoy life. This is the reason he moves…

In his Essay, “Civil Disobedience”, Henry David Thoreau argues that society functions. The most efficiently when it is not ruled by an overpowering monarch. Or by a strong central government, but by the people, essentially having self-reliant peoples. That do not necessarily need a government, per se, yet are able to call upon it in…

Transcendentalists view society as evil. In order to transcend the corruption of society, a person must reject material pursuit and social conformity. First of all, a person must overcome their material desires to truly experience the joys of life. Society has developed to where money dominates everything. Transcendentalists view material possessions as insignificant if they…

Many scholars have tried to distinguish the relationship the individual has with their society as a whole. Some have looked to conformity more, while others, like Henry David Thoreau, have stated that people should be conscience of their society, particularly their government, and enact on the injustice it has served. I agree with this idea,…

The Synthesis of Henry David Thoreau The idea of a grim future has long dawned on us when we realized our slow demise. Thoreau had predicted this long ago and we have realized and taken this into consideration. Unfortunately, we haven’t done much action in this department. Thoreau’s ideas have been examined but no action…

In the short story “Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allen Poe uses specific diction to subtly portray the narrator’s insanity, but also to characterize the narrator as a guilt- ridden person somewhat capable of differentiating right vs. wrong. At the exposition of the story, the narrator describes the intent behind the murder by stating, “Object there was…

The archetypal elements of a wandering hero, obstacles getting home, manipulation, and religious attributes in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou reveals the universal message of the importance of being loyal to your family. Both of the main characters in The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou embark on a tedious journey…