Transcendentalism has five main characteristics, confidence, self-reliance, appreciating nature, free thought, and nonconformity (Day). Most people today still find many, if not all, of these characteristics important and necessary. This is reflected in our communities in the things that are produced with the goal of keeping these characteristics at the forefront of society. Although the Transcendentalist movement has since ended, key characteristics and beliefs of the movement still heavily influence our modern music, culture, and film.
Transcendentalist ideas are prevalent in popular culture such as music. In Tupac Shakur’s song, “Keep Ya Head Up”, he says:
[...]I think it's time to kill for our women/ Time to heal our women/ be real to …show more content…
The Pixar movie, Wall-E, is about a robot who has a short-circuit so he thinks freely for himself while all the other robots have broken down because they don't think to fix themselves. Free thought is a part of transcendentalism that represented well here. The whole concept of the movie is that humans haven’t appreciated nature and have made the planet uninhabitable. While he is seeing earth for the first time, the ship’s captain says, “Wait, that doesn't look like Earth. Where's the blue sky? Where's the-the grass?” (Stanton). This shows how much humans had neglected the health of the world, and ended up ultimately killing it. In the end, Wall-E helps the humans become more confident and return back to earth; he also teaches them to appreciate nature and protect it at all costs. Wall-E teaches many transcendentalist ideas to the humans such as the importance of nature, confidence, and self-reliance. Many adults will show these movies to their callow children. We are exposing our children to many beneficial transcendentalist ideas, such as free thought and appreciating nature, through movies and songs that will prove to be beneficial in their future by helping them make good decisions pertaining to these
Transcendentalist ideas are prevalent in popular culture such as music. In Tupac Shakur’s song, “Keep Ya Head Up”, he says:
[...]I think it's time to kill for our women/ Time to heal our women/ be real to …show more content…
The Pixar movie, Wall-E, is about a robot who has a short-circuit so he thinks freely for himself while all the other robots have broken down because they don't think to fix themselves. Free thought is a part of transcendentalism that represented well here. The whole concept of the movie is that humans haven’t appreciated nature and have made the planet uninhabitable. While he is seeing earth for the first time, the ship’s captain says, “Wait, that doesn't look like Earth. Where's the blue sky? Where's the-the grass?” (Stanton). This shows how much humans had neglected the health of the world, and ended up ultimately killing it. In the end, Wall-E helps the humans become more confident and return back to earth; he also teaches them to appreciate nature and protect it at all costs. Wall-E teaches many transcendentalist ideas to the humans such as the importance of nature, confidence, and self-reliance. Many adults will show these movies to their callow children. We are exposing our children to many beneficial transcendentalist ideas, such as free thought and appreciating nature, through movies and songs that will prove to be beneficial in their future by helping them make good decisions pertaining to these