Freedom:Perquisite of Emerson’s Individualism

Emerson established a systematic philosophy of individualism at his early stage. The basic three elements of individual?ism described in Emerson’s works are: freedom, self-identity and independence to ...     

An Analysis of Individualism in the Declaration of Independence

The awareness of individualism can be traced back to the period of American Revolution when the Declaration of Independence was produced.It expressed basic beliefs concerning freedom,equality,democracy,privacy and the relationship between people and government,which were exactly what the philosophy of individualism mostly dealt with at that time.This paper is to exploit the essence of individualism by analyzing the Declaration .The analysis enables us to reconsider its significance to the issue of America human rights and foreign policies.     

Guns as a Symbol of American Individualism

Due to continuous gun violence,Americans’ crazy love for guns has always been attacked home and abroad.Americans’ passion for guns derives from individualism through the development of American history.They consider guns as a means to guarantee independence and freedom,and therefore as a symbol of American individualism.     

On Purpose of Lifelong Learning

As we are enternig into the Age of Informa-tion,the Age of Knowledge,the Age of Paradox,the Age of Access.Age of Chaos,Age of Unrea-son,Age of Possibility,and the Age of the Fulfill-ment of Hope.learning for freedom,which meanslearning for the freedom to know,freedom to go,freedom to do,freedom to live,and freedom to be,has become possible and should be set as the ulti-mate goal of everyone's lifelong learning process.By learning for freedom a learner should developsufficientself- confid…     

The Collision of Individualism in Chinese and American Talent Shows——A Case Study of American Idol and Super Girls

Recently,American talent shows with its unique glamour and huge profit have attracted many Chinese TV stations to imitate.The process of imitation is essentially a collision of American and Chinese cultures.This study focuses on American Idol and Super Girls,discusses their different manifestations of individualism and analyzes the reasons behind it.The analysis shows that the differences of the two countries’cultural background contribute to the different manifestations of individualism.In a word,during the process of imitating American talent shows,the problems of Chinese talent shows indicate that American individualism has its positive as well as negative effects.Consequently,Chinese people should hold a critical attitude toward American individualism.     

An Analysis on American Individualism in the Disney Movie Mulan

Movie is an important part of modern civilized life,which embodies abundant cultural elements.The culture of a nation can be portrayed vividly in its movie.Hua Mulan,who is a famous legendary woman in Chinese history,and her story has sung from generation to generation.But we see a Hollywood-like Hua Mulan in the Walt Disney movie Mulan,and American individualism can be found everywhere in this movie.The present study is going to discuss the American individualism in the movie Mulan,and at the same time,find out the main features of individualism according to this movie,namely,self-identity,independence,self-development and self-realization.     

Unique American Culture

The early immigrants of American were English Puritans who settled down in northeast part. Rough as the environment was, they believed that it could purify their mind. From 1607 to 1892, frontiers were pushed further west. They had been looking for a land of rich resources as well as a land of promise, opportunity and freedom. Actually they were in search for a better life. So individualism, self-reliance, and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values closely associated with the frontier heritage of American. The greatness that the frontiers achieved, in a way, is due to their strong religions, which is so powerful that is beyond our understanding. Who know what miracles, they can achieve. There is a good example to prove this. It is rehgion that Moses led the Israelites out of their bondage in Egypt, and led the children of Israel out of the Egypt.     

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous nineteenth-century poet and essayist, was out one day trying to get a calf into the 1)barn. But he made the common mistake of thinking only of what he wanted: Emerson pushed and his son pulled. But the calf 2)stiffened his legs and stubbornly refused to leave the 3)pasture.     

On the Loss of Family Responsibility in The Yellow Wallpaper

Most researches on“The Yellow Wallpaper”are invariably linked with feminism. However, this essay puts feminism aside and turns to analyze“The Yellow Wallpaper”from the perspective of responsibility and freedom. It discusses that the heroine chooses to overlook her family responsibility gradually while she pursues her spiritual freedom, and indicates the significance of balancing the freedom and responsibility.     

A comparative Study of Cultural Differences in business Communication between China and America

This thesis reveals deep cultural differences between Chinese and Americans,through a thorough comparative analysis of the respective sources:collectivism of Chinese and individualism of Americans.Besides,it suggests many practical guidelines and information on how to conduct negotiations with Americans,to avoid cultural conflicts and to get a win-win result in the economic globalization.     

On Individualism and Self-Reliance of Americans

The American self-concept is the integral assumption of the culture, and the best expression of it is the individualism and self-reliance. In social relations, individualism asserts its influence om many aspects such as morality, ethics, or financial matters. Also individualism reflects a continuous frontier between the individual and the cultural. For being self-reliance, Americans approve self-motivation,which in the sense of long-range goals, as well as for a specific and immediate task.     

On Individualism and Self-Reliance of Americans

The American self-concept is the integral assumption of the culture, and the best expression of it is the individualism and self-reliance. In social relations, individualism asserts its influence om ma...     

Analysis on Solitary Identity In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

American Transcendentalism aroused New Englanders to individualism enlightenment. Kate Chopin’ s The Awakening, un doubtedly voices female quest for identity. The novel was banned by the force of social conventions, for the sociological role it played in form of literature, negotiating female professional identity, social role identity and sexual identity. This treatise analyzes the awakening of women conscious regarding identity and contradiction it brings therefore with social conventions, and argues the inevitable fate of the sex to self-isolation and self-destruction is caused by the prudery conventions. It maintains to review the sociological function of the piece and reconstruct interdisciplinary perspective of literature and sociology, appeal harmony between two sexes.     

The Cultural Differences between China and America in Magazine Advertising

This paper,by some examples,makes analysis of the primary cultural difference between China and America in magazine advertising from the aspects of individualism,competition,materialism,science and technology,,aiming at providing some constructive suggestions,avoiding mistakes and embarrassment,benefiting to marketing international products.     

The Dream of Freedom—An Interpretation of The Story of an Hour from the Perspective of Feminism

Kate Chopin,one of the most outstanding women writers in the late nineteenth century in America,focused on women’s social position,marriage and family,love and freedom to fight against patriarchalism.She wrote two novels and about a hundred short stories in the 1890s.And over a long period of time,critics have considered The Story of an Hour as a work of feminism which offers a strikingly feminist perspective on an American housewife of that time.This thesis analyzes the inner experience of the heroine within an hour and shows us that freedom is so essential to her while her marriage is a yoke to her.     

Comparison between American and Chinese Cultures Based on Theories of Cultural Dimensions

This paper focuses on studying the cultural differences between China and America on the basis of the cultural dimensions presented by Hofstede,Hall,Trompenaars and Tunner,in order to raise the cultural awareness when people are interacting in these two super countries of the world.A new scale of cultural dimensions include individualism/collectivism,power distance,low/high context,and diffuse/specific.     

The Mississippi River in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,The Mississippi River is not just to provide a general background,but to constitute the center image of the novel.It gives"form"to the whole novel,all the adventures in the book begins with the river and ends with the river.This paper talks about the important river.It is a symbol of freedom and maternity,and it has deep meaning of life and regeneration,purification and sublimation.The symbols and senses of this river deepen the theme of the novel,and prop up its broad and profound metaphorical world.     

On Sarah’s Final Freedom-Interpretation of the last ending of The French Lieutenant’s woman

The French Lieutenant’s Woman is the best-known novel written by John Fowles and is also called the post-modern metafiction.In the novel the mysterious woman Sarah is introduced,who rebels against Victorian conventions to pursue independence and freedom.Undoubtedly,Sarah is an independent woman ahead of her times.This paper is attempted to interpret the last ending of The French Lieutenant’s woman written by John Fowles,thus finding relevant evidence to support this interpretation that Sarah has finally got her freedom which is not allowed against the Victorian background.     

Individualism and Collectivism

The world could be analyzed in many dimensions,like rich and poor,peace and warfare,equal and oppressive,but one of the most important dimensions may be the difference between different societies of individualist and collectivist.This article is trying to discuss is the difference between individualism and collectivism in the western and eastern cultures,and also will explain and discuss it in some aspects,such as their viewpoint,their attitude on self-enhancement and self-criticism,and the goal setting and motivation,and take some cases which some researches and psychologists did and some cases found for example to describe it.Also it presents that social orientation and environment,and culture background will take important role to impact people’s mind and choice on individualism and collectivism.No matter individual or collective,it all have advantage and disadvantage for each,it needs comprehensive evaluation for differential environment which can obtain relative reasonable conclusion.     

An Exploration of Tom Sawyer's Childlike Nature

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the most famous satirical novels of Mark Twain, which satirizes the decadent religious rituals of the United States and eulogizes the free and lively nature of the early youth with the quality daring to pursue through the experience of the protagonist Tom. Sawyer, a little boy. By analyzing how Mark paints the good quality of the chil?dren under the decay system from the three angles—the pursuit of freedom, the courage to explore, and the sense of justice, we can present the very valuable educational idea to contemporary parents and children.