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Essay Instructions: Thoreau, Emerson, and Hemingway? I would like to put together a 5 page paper that would give a cynical realistic point of view if the above writers were alive today to speak their opinions on what is going economically, politically and are we truly free in America

Essay Instructions: Week Eleven: November 12 (selections narrowed by instructor)
Monday: Thoreau, Walden

Wednesday: Thoreau, Walden

Friday: Thoreau, Walden; “Resistance to Civil Government”

Reflection paper 3 Due: Which writer presents the most powerful case against slavery: Stowe, Melville, Thoreau, Douglass? Why?


"The last paper I had written was clearly not written by an American National, please ensure it is written by an American of American origin."

Essay Instructions: literary research paper

in the paper, you will argue a thesis of your own creation, based on david henry thoreau''s "resistance to government", with relevant support from the primary work and from research sources. the paper itself must be 5 page long, and 6th page will list works cited in MLA format. MLA format will also be used for in-text citation.

guidelines:

--the thesis should be :arguable, significant, not obvious, supportable by the text, and supportable by the research.

--minimum of 4 research sources must be used

--in using direct quotes, paraphrases, or summary from the primary work, or your research, dont make them more than three lines each, and dont use too many. your own words should make up at least 70% of the actual writing

--give your essay a title that indicates what the essay is apecially about

--use present tense when referring to literary works.

--use specific examples from primary work to support your thesis


* i am a freshman. the paper is for my second writing class

Essay Instructions: The question this paper has to answer is, is the world Thoreau envisions possible without destroying our modern world? The 2 of the sources have to be from Rousseau, Locke,or Hume. At least two of the body paragraphs have to be about counter claims or people that disagree with the stance that you take. Then you have to rebut these counter claims and tell why they are wrong. Obviously you have to have a beginning and conclusion.