But William Golding author of Lord of the Flies seems to have different meanings of a leader and three characters are good examples of his type of leader: Ralph, Jack, and Piggy. ... Was Ralph a good leader? Ralph showed the most leadership on the island. ... If Piggy had advice for the boys he went through Ralph, knowing that the boys would listen to Ralph. ... William Golding has given three examples of three different leaders and from this story the lesson learned is there is no perfect leader or government in this world and never will....

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - American essayist and poet, a leader of the philosophical movement of transcendentalism. ... His "The Gold Bug" (1843) tells the tale of a search for buried treasure on a South Ca...

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As Ralph L. ... In the words of Ralph Crowder, "the observance must be a testimony to those African pioneers who struggled to affirm the humanity of African peoples and a challenge to the present generation to protect and preserve...the humanity of all peoples of African descent." ...

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree {Davidoff, 199}. American literature has been apart of our history since our settlement. Throughout our history, America has generated many great authors. These authors write works of literature that educate ...

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This tradition is absorbed in the literary movement of transcendentalism that is expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. ... Whitman tried hard to make this second edition look different from first one, so he eliminated the space of the first one, also without Emerson's permission, he printed in gold the opening words of the letter he sent: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must yet have a long foreground somewhere, for such a start. ...

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