How Nature Shapes Us
Being a transcendentalist would make life so much more enjoyable and easier. Well then why doesn’t everyone do it? Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that people should not stray to conformity that people should go out and enjoy nature and it’s beauty. Transcendentalism is the belief that one could understand with god, the universe, the self and everything else that exists in nature. In Emerson’s piece’s Imagination and Nature it shows the importance of nature. Both show nature being portrayed in different ways. In the text Imagination, not only does it talk about nature but the way you see it and imagining why you see it the way you do. However both show the elegance in nature and how beautiful it really can …show more content…
Emerson is saying that people are able to pass the information of only seeing the star once every thousand years, like how even though oneself can’t see god we still see him through what he gave the people, such as things like nature. It also shows how many people can stray from free thought and believe what others say rather than listening to their own beliefs, and letting other people not respect their religion. Many believe that Emerson is trying to tell people that nature is something not to take for granted, and without the beauty of nature life would be so dull and without emotion. He at one point says “It is the man's job to find the beauty in nature”(Emerson 220). He is saying that when persons speak about nature in a positive way there is so much more of a distinct picture and it fills your mind with many different images of nature. He is also saying that nature can’t just show it’s beauty’s, people have to go out and look for it and to be a …show more content…
Emerson’s main point about the importance of nature is to show people that even the smallest things can make a difference. Not everything that is bigger is better, just like how in the text Nature many are only able to see that one star every one in a thousand years. Even though a star may be small it is rather big to see because it rarely ever happens. In the text Imagination he is saying that people see nature in many different ways and you should not take that for granted. One would believe that nature is the most beautiful part of our life and without it the earth would be dreary and the colors would be dull. That is why Emerson and Thoreau want the people to be transcendentalists and go out and enjoy nature and find its full
Being a transcendentalist would make life so much more enjoyable and easier. Well then why doesn’t everyone do it? Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that people should not stray to conformity that people should go out and enjoy nature and it’s beauty. Transcendentalism is the belief that one could understand with god, the universe, the self and everything else that exists in nature. In Emerson’s piece’s Imagination and Nature it shows the importance of nature. Both show nature being portrayed in different ways. In the text Imagination, not only does it talk about nature but the way you see it and imagining why you see it the way you do. However both show the elegance in nature and how beautiful it really can …show more content…
Emerson is saying that people are able to pass the information of only seeing the star once every thousand years, like how even though oneself can’t see god we still see him through what he gave the people, such as things like nature. It also shows how many people can stray from free thought and believe what others say rather than listening to their own beliefs, and letting other people not respect their religion. Many believe that Emerson is trying to tell people that nature is something not to take for granted, and without the beauty of nature life would be so dull and without emotion. He at one point says “It is the man's job to find the beauty in nature”(Emerson 220). He is saying that when persons speak about nature in a positive way there is so much more of a distinct picture and it fills your mind with many different images of nature. He is also saying that nature can’t just show it’s beauty’s, people have to go out and look for it and to be a …show more content…
Emerson’s main point about the importance of nature is to show people that even the smallest things can make a difference. Not everything that is bigger is better, just like how in the text Nature many are only able to see that one star every one in a thousand years. Even though a star may be small it is rather big to see because it rarely ever happens. In the text Imagination he is saying that people see nature in many different ways and you should not take that for granted. One would believe that nature is the most beautiful part of our life and without it the earth would be dreary and the colors would be dull. That is why Emerson and Thoreau want the people to be transcendentalists and go out and enjoy nature and find its full