It’s commonly known that the United States started out as British colonies. Had you actually thought of it it you probably wondered: If they both started as one, then how has the vocabulary, particularly literature, in Great Britain and America come to differ such a great deal? Well, a transitioning point happened in the past that people commonly correlate the beginning of American Literature. Ralph Waldo Emerson-a poet, essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and minister- represented the beginning of this milestone in history, in addition to another movement known as transcendentalism. Through analyzing Emerson’s work we can deduce that he let three main points influence his work: (1) beliefs, (2) relevant events happening in the 1800s, and (3)
