Jacob Hvidt
Pagtakhan
English
19 February 2018
Naturalism and Transcendental Nature
Progress can be something that stuns us all, whether it comes through wars or through changes in day-to-day life. Change like this can affect a lot of lifestyles and how circumstances are viewed throughout the world. These changes affected many viewpoints, including writers. This is the case in Jack London's “To Build a Fire” and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”. London's naturalist views and Emerson's transcendentalist views differ in beliefs about nature. This reflects how the Civil War and Darwinism affect the way that nature is viewed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s stories “Self-Reliance” and “Nature” display his pre-war views describing nature as beautiful, connecting everything together. Emerson shows how nature and individuality can connected to a person “The power which resides in him is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried” (Self Reliance). He uses nature to present his ideas of nature and humans connecting on a deeper level. ”The power [that] resides in him is new in nature” is his transcendentalist view of nature and self individuality showing a lighter, more pre-war view. In his story “Nature” he continues his ideas of nature and man's connection by saying “In the Woods is Perpetual youth”(nature). The perpetual youth that he talks about is part of the connection to nature. This …show more content…
Their views of nature differed as shown through their stories. Darwinism and the Civil War were great factors of this and especially influenced realism and naturalism. Nature today is still something that can be both cruel and beautiful, but our viewpoints can only change through time and
Pagtakhan
English
19 February 2018
Naturalism and Transcendental Nature
Progress can be something that stuns us all, whether it comes through wars or through changes in day-to-day life. Change like this can affect a lot of lifestyles and how circumstances are viewed throughout the world. These changes affected many viewpoints, including writers. This is the case in Jack London's “To Build a Fire” and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”. London's naturalist views and Emerson's transcendentalist views differ in beliefs about nature. This reflects how the Civil War and Darwinism affect the way that nature is viewed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s stories “Self-Reliance” and “Nature” display his pre-war views describing nature as beautiful, connecting everything together. Emerson shows how nature and individuality can connected to a person “The power which resides in him is new in nature and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried” (Self Reliance). He uses nature to present his ideas of nature and humans connecting on a deeper level. ”The power [that] resides in him is new in nature” is his transcendentalist view of nature and self individuality showing a lighter, more pre-war view. In his story “Nature” he continues his ideas of nature and man's connection by saying “In the Woods is Perpetual youth”(nature). The perpetual youth that he talks about is part of the connection to nature. This …show more content…
Their views of nature differed as shown through their stories. Darwinism and the Civil War were great factors of this and especially influenced realism and naturalism. Nature today is still something that can be both cruel and beautiful, but our viewpoints can only change through time and