This is reason why he was misunderstood in his own time people, merely read his books and dismissed them as nature books, it is the same reason that many of today's younger generation think of him as a hero. ... During his stay at Harvard Thoreau spent a good deal of his time reading in the college library, the first good collection of books to which he had access. ...
John Aristotle Phillips is an Obscure Individual. He graduated from Princeton in 78', repeating his senior year. He transferred to Princeton for his sophomore year, and landed an exclusive spot on the academic probation. He got average grades, and was on the path to flunking out. Then he did something that anything less of a genus couldn't accomplish. ...
Seeking the American Dream of Success Arthur Miller"'s "" Death of A Salesman"" could be described as a study in the American Dream ideology, a system that at times is indescribably brutal and at other times compassionates. Author Miller's plays are usually associated with real life issues filled with failure and disappointment. The author's main character, Willy Loman, is a traveling salesman that spends his whole lifetime trying to find success based on looks and popularity. Willy Loman is a product of this ever-increasing society, obsessed with measuring success by popularity...
