David Henry Hwang

Thomas More would advise me to not take the important government position that was being offered. In this book Utopis, Thomas More is ablibe to expresses his true feelings about the government through Raphael Hythloday a masked and a fictional character. The charactor Thomas More in the book is towards working for the government while his unlter ego is not. In this essay I will be focusing on the scenarios Hythloday offers More and Giles to prove his point that being an advisor to a king will…

Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into The Wild, presents the question, to what extent is community essential to happiness? Based on the actions illustrated by the main character, Chris Mccandless and humans in general, it’s fair to say that we don’t need people in order to be happy. Community can be defined as, “A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” As humans, we are so diverse and unique that we sometimes can’t find a community where our goals…

Ian Marshall is a scholar in ecological issues and American essence literature. Marshall has written a handful of books and numerous articles. I've choose two of his literary criticism articles because we both share a passion and love for nature. The first article that sparked my interest was, Literal and Metaphoric Harmony with Nature: Ecofeminism and Harriet Prescott Spofford's “Circumstance” and the second article was “Tales of the Wonderful Hunt”. Immediately after reading both works, I…

Functionalism “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan” – Dr. Jose Rizal The timeless, and perhaps most prominent quote from Dr. Rizal has transcended through time. As a kid, I used to question myself what was the real meaning of this quote from our national hero. Until time came and I finally understood what he really meant. He was right. He has been right. Those who have become good, upright, decent, and noble leaders, political or not, have given us light and hope that the society we are living…

Transcendentalism is a philosophy that originated in the 1830's. Its chief aficionado, Ralph Waldo Emerson, began the movement by meeting regularly with other intellectuals of the time to discuss a various array of topics. The Transcendentalism movement was the mainstream flow of writers in the New England Renaissance, large in part to it affected all of the scholars of the period. The contrasting philosophy anti- Transcendentalism was a small philosophical movement predominantly consisting of…

The method of peaceful protest generally causes a positive influence in a free society. Peaceful protest is a conscientious plan for passionately disobeying the immoral laws of a society, which negate freedom, and as such upholds the First Amendment of the Constitution’s guard of religious freedom. Lacking harm and hopefully hate, peaceful protest also embodies respectful assertion to a society’s government, replacing coercing fear for popular support as a strategy for influence over law.…

Self-Reliance in Into The Wild Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is an understanding of one man's hunger for self-reliance in the world. In 1990, Christopher McCandless leaves everyday society to venture into the wild with a goal of reaching Alaska and living on only his surroundings. Chris truly believes “that you should own nothing except what you carry on your back.” (Krakauer,32). He starts his journey with a car that gets flooded in the desert so he decides to hitchhike. Hitchhiking and…

A man whose goal is to become lost in the wild has recently become the ideal picture of what people aspire to be. Chris McCandless and his journey, depicted in Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, is the face behind the story that everyone wanted to live. Turning down the conformity of society and living a minimalistic life has helped Chris find who he was while in the wild. Minimalism throughout Chris McCandless's journey in Into The Wild helps him work through his thoughts; and over time leads him…

Importance of Nature,Self Reliance,Simplicity,Self Trust,and Non conformity.These are the tenets which drove the transcendental movement.the transcendental movement was a literary movement which took place in the 1830’s. They believed that everyone had an` innate goodness in them. They also believed that everyone could find within themselves the truth about nature and the universe. Both Mr. John Keating and Neil Perry benefits from living transcendentally didn’t outweigh the consequences they…

“One bad general",“is better than two good ones”-Napoleon. In my own inclination, I believe the perspective we have in today's society about having people that are both types; the selfish and the selfless is entirely valid. I still agree with Hobbes, as he preaches that we should have a government that is dictated by one person. However, I disagree with Locke becasue he says that the government should be run by more than one person. On the other hand, I can agree with Locke because he says that…