Loon

In the play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail there is a lot of examples of transcendentalism. One of which is said by Henry’s mother, “He keeps casting conformity behind him!” (Lawrence and Lee 6). Henry’s mother is asking him how he learned his alphabet and he questions her asking if the alphabet has to begin with ‘A’. Henry would rather the alphabet start with “Z” or any other letter besides “A”. Henry is listening to Emerson speak and is very enthralled by his speech. His brother John and…

demonstrations of this technique occurs in Thoreau's “Brute Neighbors” as the author personifies the ants and the loon to equate their value to that humans. In observation of the loon, Thoreau writes, “This was his looning--perhaps the wildest sound that is ever heard here...I concluded that he laughed in derision of my efforts confident of his own resources” (Thoreau). Thoreau personifies the loon as his advantaged adversary, while it remains characteristically wild and…

is how fish in ponds are exposed to mercury from polluted water and molecules from the air, thus making them extremely unhealthy to eat. Birds, such as Loons, eat these fish and the mercury and harmful chemicals are now inside the bird (Lovett & Tear, 2008). When these chemicals are inside the animals, given to them from their prey, like the Loon, and then consumed by humans, the meat we consume is still manifesting these harmful chemicals and molecules. Also, because these animals were eating…

Adam Fertig Dr. Krishnan Honors Colloquium 20 February 2017 Inuit: The Culture in the Cold The Arctic circle is a frozen tundra and has some of the harshest living conditions in the world. However, the extreme cold, and never ending snow and ice does not stop the Inuit from living there. The Inuit are offered mistaken for Eskimos. They are a migratory culture, moving around to survive. The Inuit are a group of people whose culture is shaped and changed around the goal of surviving the harsh…

How important is the body to religious practice? Scholars have debated this issue for centuries. The autobiographies of Linda Hogan and Etty Hillesum tackle this issue. Their writing shows that the body is an essential part of religious experience. Hogan’s and Hillesum’s writing shows that the body is important because it holds memory, contains traces of ancestors, is an expression of emotion and desire, and it allows us to perform sacred acts. Linda Hogan talks about the importance of the body…

In escaping her current life, Maggie also leaves behind her best friend Nell, a representation of self-confinement comparable to Maggie’s own unintended self-confinement that results from her misplaced compassion by marrying Edward Vardoe. Maggie doesn’t leave Nell entirely behind though, the two women share a strong commonality in their respective self-awareness’. Nell’s act of sending her beloved swamp angel to Maggie is emblematic of the duo’s departure from isolation; at once, Nell…

father, and the clans were one of the most important factors in determining where a person stood among the Ojibwe’s society. The clans were named after animals, including names such as; loon, crane, wolf, bear, lynx, and more. Chiefs commanded the Ojibwe tribe at the beginning, and they were mainly from the crane or loon clan. Later, as the clans began…

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept integrated in an economic model that focuses in the obligation that a company carries with society. A socially responsible company should be able to reduce its negative impact on society while increasing its positive effects on it. One possible way to categorized these responsibilities and see them graphically, is by using the Pyramid of global CSR and performance. The base of the pyramid and possibly one of the most important aspects in a…

In the book Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown, Scott D. Seligman discusses the lives of Chinese immigrants residing in a suburb of New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout the book, Seligman delves into the quarrels between rival Chinese gangs. The Hip Sings and On Leongs rise in criminal activities led to violent actions that resulted in the deaths of many individuals. Although these individuals acted maliciously, Seligman…

would like to, similarly to your previous speaker upon this stage,” he began before pausing in acknowledgement the oaf who still clutched the frail woman, and to bow in his direction before continuing, “take a moment to address something.” Again, the loon paused to scan the anxious crowd from left to right. However, the latter pause differed from the first in the sense that struck one, or me, to say the least, with an eerie,…