Charles the Simple

The idea of simple living was both widely promoted and discouraged from the arrival of the earliest Puritan colonists in 1630 to the extensive industrial growth of the middle 1800s. Many groups and societies aimed to resurrect the simple life and promote it among the masses. Yet each of these revivals were either stopped or drastically slowed down by the American majority’s desire for wealth. A small percentage of Americans consistently lived interpretations of the simple life but they were…

During the 1840s, Henry David Thoreau set off into the woods to live alone for the purpose of finding himself. He was very concerned about growing old without experiencing everything he could. Thoreau famously puts “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived” (271). He found himself displeased with the way he was living and…

Many consider nature the victim of mankind. Clearing rainforests, overfishing waters, and stripping the soil, people constantly exploit natural resources for personal benefit. Humanity destroys innocent nature for corrupt and selfish purposes. However, it is mistaken to only label mankind as predatory—nature preys ruthlessly upon mankind. Nature renders people powerless through natural disasters, violent weather, and extreme temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain.…

What is "the good life?" Ask anyone this question, and they will give you a different answer than someone else. For most Americans, an image comes with their answer, a dream of a white-picket fence, lounging in the sun, and a loving family. For others, the image is of overflowing piles of money, parties more fantastic than your wildest imaginings, and an exhilarating lifestyle. The interpretation of "the good life" varies from person to person and culture to culture. In psychology, it is defined…

I picked this photo because I love what it represents. First let me explain the setting of this place, this is the Romanian country side in the 1920’s, even though the time period is close to 100 years ago this type of work you can still see while riding through the country today. This is part of my culture and I can see part of my family in this very photo, the only change would be the clothing; that has changed a lot. When I look at this photo it brings me to a different time and place,…

Simple living has long been linked to spirituality, and likewise many expressions of spirituality also have been historically linked to simplicity. Jesus embodied a life of compassionate simplicity. The Bible speaks about the need to find a balance between the material and spiritual aspects of life: “Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.” Eastern spiritual traditions also encourage a life of material moderation and spiritual…

types of the sentences; simple, compound, complex and compound-complex which combines together in an essay, and these lead the reader have an inspiration to read an essay. First of all, one of a basic types is the simple sentence. A simple sentence is a group of words that include a subject (one or more) and a verb (one or more) that has only one sentence. Moreover, in the simple sentences, all the subjects have to come before the verbs, and the structure of the simple sentence is “S + V”…

comes with creating or coming up with something, like he did by building his own house.By speaking of creation, he does not try to raise his standards or raise himself to the level of God. He instead tries to show that we can all live independent simple lives by simply modifying what God has already created to our preference. Henrywritesof when he builds a house in Walden Pond and views it as a re-enactment of God’s creation of the universe.The same way that God created the world into a fit…

it. The story of Gabrielle and I begins on a quiet street known as Shea lane. We were three years old living the simple life as three-year olds do. Our lives were simple until we met each other, two parents, a few pets, then it changed. We began as enemies, always competing, for things such as each other’s parent’s attention, another friend, or things as simple as who got to act out the role of ‘mom’ while playing…

American dream is to get an education, get a good job, buy a house, get married, and have a kid or two. The typical Irish dream is “to be able to go out for a beer on Saturday and not be too hungover for church on Sunday” as my father puts it. The simple things in life matter more in my dad’s culture. At the beginning of this interview I was uncertain if I would learn anything new. What started out as another normal conversation with my dad ended up being a revelation and discovery of a new…