1. While reading "Self-reliance", I was touched by many of his remarks and found myself in his words. In the beginning when he says, "In every work of genus, we recognize our own rejected thoughts..." I was reminded of reading Jane Eyre and relating to her life and sharing feelings of pain and self-consciousness. I remember having that mean older brother or being rejected by society but still finding someone nice enough to bring me in. Of course, my actions were not as extreme as hers but there was a connection between us where I had found my own rejected thoughts in the writing.
2. Emerson's beautifully thought out words and observations could be relevant in today's society by helping people find themselves. Today there are too many sheeple following …show more content…
“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” This quote means a lot to me because it tells you to be yourself and not force what isn’t natural to you. I feel that society as a whole could learn something from this because we’re surrounded with famous idles such as Beyoncé or Eminem and want to be them. When they fail at becoming whoever they love it creates a sense that they aren’t good enough. Another way his can be put is when he says be “your best self.” Some people don’t try to imitate another but they won’t value themselves as much as another and it causes them to not do their best. I see this quote as meaningful because I don’t try to imitate others and I listen to that inner voice and it has brought me to the wonderful place I’m at now. For the last sentence, it inspires me to do better because I am great at being a bird-loving, hard-working, nerdy, comedian self. I’ve tried to be a videogame playing, phone obsessed, angst-y teen and it’s not easy and I wasted too much energy forcing something I’m not good
2. Emerson's beautifully thought out words and observations could be relevant in today's society by helping people find themselves. Today there are too many sheeple following …show more content…
“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” This quote means a lot to me because it tells you to be yourself and not force what isn’t natural to you. I feel that society as a whole could learn something from this because we’re surrounded with famous idles such as Beyoncé or Eminem and want to be them. When they fail at becoming whoever they love it creates a sense that they aren’t good enough. Another way his can be put is when he says be “your best self.” Some people don’t try to imitate another but they won’t value themselves as much as another and it causes them to not do their best. I see this quote as meaningful because I don’t try to imitate others and I listen to that inner voice and it has brought me to the wonderful place I’m at now. For the last sentence, it inspires me to do better because I am great at being a bird-loving, hard-working, nerdy, comedian self. I’ve tried to be a videogame playing, phone obsessed, angst-y teen and it’s not easy and I wasted too much energy forcing something I’m not good