Emerson and Thoreau spoke of their beliefs about how a person should live his/her life in a fulfilling manner in their essays. They convey that simplicity, independence/individuality, and that following one’s own instincts and ideas are key to a fulfilling life. Emerson and Thoreau think people should be simple but in modern America we are superficial and only care about material things. According to Thoreau, “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man had hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand;”(Walden 383). In modern America we thrive to be rich and to be able to flaunt if one was to live a simple life it
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We are in a time where we are very reliant whether it be on people, technology, or resources. We are unable to make it through our daily lives without these now when once we were able to in the past. One of Thoreau’s beliefs was: “Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be on step toward obtaining it….”(Civil Obedience 389). He believed that people should be aware and given the chance to come to their own conclusions of what they agree to. Emerson said, “Trust Thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.” (Self-Reliance 369). In modern America people tend to not go the practical route and they follow through with their thoughts which is similar to Emerson and Thoreau. We are in an age of dreamers and innovative people. Their belief that to live a satisfying life is made up by certain things is not entirely true and their opinion because we are in a new time while that may have been the way of the past time and opinions have
We are in a time where we are very reliant whether it be on people, technology, or resources. We are unable to make it through our daily lives without these now when once we were able to in the past. One of Thoreau’s beliefs was: “Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be on step toward obtaining it….”(Civil Obedience 389). He believed that people should be aware and given the chance to come to their own conclusions of what they agree to. Emerson said, “Trust Thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.” (Self-Reliance 369). In modern America people tend to not go the practical route and they follow through with their thoughts which is similar to Emerson and Thoreau. We are in an age of dreamers and innovative people. Their belief that to live a satisfying life is made up by certain things is not entirely true and their opinion because we are in a new time while that may have been the way of the past time and opinions have