The impact of the Industrial Revolution on transcendentalism.
Paraphrase: Why do we obsessively focus on the past? Why must we look at history the way our fathers did? Why can’t we enjoy an original experience with the universe? (“Nature” 509)
My Point: Reflecting changing manufacturing techniques in the Industrial Revolution resulting in unique ways of producing goods, Emerson encourages people to enjoy a unique and different relation to nature.
Quote: “Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest to where I intended to build my house and began to cut down some tall arrowy white pines…” (Walden Pond 879)
My Point: During the Industrial Revolution, materials were increasingly garnered from …show more content…
However, Emerson explains that this banking system resulting in a lack of creativity and individuality.
Quote: “This conformity makes them not false in a few particulars, authors of a few lies, but false in all particulars.” (“Self Reliance” 553)
My Point: Conformity contributes to the downfall of individuality and creativity. In order to be a true individual, one must be a nonconformist, confident, and self reliant.
My Point: As factories increasingly created generic goods at a faster rate, the value of unique goods decreased as cheaper goods were more widely accessible. This therefore resulted in a lack of individuality as everyone was using the cheaper goods instead of the unique goods previously created by artisans.
Paraphrase: A weak or complete lack of government is best. (“Civil Disobedience” …show more content…
One of the most significant impacts of the transcendentalist movement was Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. An example of the transcendentalists impact on Huckleberry Finn may be found in chapter twenty-two when Sherburn delivers a speech on human nature. In this speech he condemns the coward and mob mentality present in the average man. This condemnation was also supported by transcendentalists. Furthermore, as Huck grows up over the course of the novel, he slowly realizes that what he thought was right when he was little might not be what he believes now and was faced with the mental conflict of which perspective to believe. The transcendentalist movement extended far beyond the Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emily Dickinson's poetry was strongly influenced by transcendentalist thought especially in her focus on nature and desire (“Transcendentalism” 849). More recently, Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by transcendentalist thought and the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson explores this
Paraphrase: Why do we obsessively focus on the past? Why must we look at history the way our fathers did? Why can’t we enjoy an original experience with the universe? (“Nature” 509)
My Point: Reflecting changing manufacturing techniques in the Industrial Revolution resulting in unique ways of producing goods, Emerson encourages people to enjoy a unique and different relation to nature.
Quote: “Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest to where I intended to build my house and began to cut down some tall arrowy white pines…” (Walden Pond 879)
My Point: During the Industrial Revolution, materials were increasingly garnered from …show more content…
However, Emerson explains that this banking system resulting in a lack of creativity and individuality.
Quote: “This conformity makes them not false in a few particulars, authors of a few lies, but false in all particulars.” (“Self Reliance” 553)
My Point: Conformity contributes to the downfall of individuality and creativity. In order to be a true individual, one must be a nonconformist, confident, and self reliant.
My Point: As factories increasingly created generic goods at a faster rate, the value of unique goods decreased as cheaper goods were more widely accessible. This therefore resulted in a lack of individuality as everyone was using the cheaper goods instead of the unique goods previously created by artisans.
Paraphrase: A weak or complete lack of government is best. (“Civil Disobedience” …show more content…
One of the most significant impacts of the transcendentalist movement was Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. An example of the transcendentalists impact on Huckleberry Finn may be found in chapter twenty-two when Sherburn delivers a speech on human nature. In this speech he condemns the coward and mob mentality present in the average man. This condemnation was also supported by transcendentalists. Furthermore, as Huck grows up over the course of the novel, he slowly realizes that what he thought was right when he was little might not be what he believes now and was faced with the mental conflict of which perspective to believe. The transcendentalist movement extended far beyond the Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emily Dickinson's poetry was strongly influenced by transcendentalist thought especially in her focus on nature and desire (“Transcendentalism” 849). More recently, Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by transcendentalist thought and the book The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson explores this