After the reading all of the assigned Unit 1 readings I have come to be most interested in “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Transcendentalism can be defined as a movement that allowed for people to use their intuition, insight, and inspiration expressing their thoughts on independence, religion/spirituality, freedom, and life experiences through literature. And I believe that Emerson wrote this theory of Transcendentalism. He writes of how people need to learn to trust themselves and their instincts. Emerson believed that God gave people the gift of intuition and self reliance, so it is essential that people use it to their advantage. He also believes that in a society, self expression is one of the most important thing a person can
