Book of Concord

When you think of someone that is actually true to themselves, who is it? Ralph Waldo Emerson said “To be great is to be misunderstood.” When he wrote this I believe what he is trying to say that it is okay to be different and misunderstood, and that you should get out of your comfort zone and be different. Henry David Thoreau said ”I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not,…

similar conclusions Thoreau and I share, the Bayard’s “paradox of reading” rings true (Bayard). Bayard claims that book reading is a “path toward ourselves” (Bayard). The conclusions that you should live your live however mean are reflected in my actions. Despite first shunning life and calling it hard names, I successfully meet and live the meanness in my life. I now see myself in book I would have never expected to reflect my values. I am also able to look at perhaps my most life-changing…

Alaska is nearly twice the size of Texas, but only inhabited by less than 750,000 people, making it very hard for stranded and injured people to get help.Chris McCandless, a huge proponent of Henry David Thoreau, studied and believed he was living the transcendentalist life that Henry David Thoreau preached. McCandless drifted around the country subsiding by the transcendentalist ideals, making several stops along the way where he would generally make a profound impact with those life paths he…

Transcendentalism is a way of finding out who are, how to connect to yourself, and finding peace with in yourself. What's necessary,what you desire, and your nature. When you try and find your transcendentalism, is to take your own path to get there. The most common author that writes transcendentalism is Ralph Emerson. The writing he's most famous for is “Nature.” In that writing he mainly focuses on small details and tries to ignore real life. “In the woods, we return to reason and…

Throughout history, there have been individuals and forms of government lacking a moral conscience, and this will most likely continue to occur. Many argue that this is merely a facet of human nature - we, as human beings, are inherently greedy and corrupt. However, there are those who contrast sharply with this view, crying out against the wrongdoings of certain powers, pushing for change and reform. Henry David Thoreau is a prime example of these individuals. Using personification, forthright…

As one of the most well-known movies in America, does Dead Poet’s Society promote the controversial ideas of transcendentalism? Furthermore, should Mr. Keating’s advice be followed? While some may say the movie demotes transcendentalism based off of the characters’ rather unfortunate endings, the ideals of the movie prove otherwise. The movie follows the story of Mr. Keating, a teacher who imbues private school students with transcendentalist values, and because he is the main protagonist, the…

Henry David Thoreau once said, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” McCandless easily relates to this as he went on an adventure with a hunger he had no means of fulfilling. Within a sea of naturalist and, opposing, transcendental texts, his ideology was not clearly defined even to himself. In the burrows of Mt. McKinley, Chris McCandless died of starvation in 1992. Many esteem his ideals, but controversy remains on whether his death was…

The Boa – The Great Gatsby As I was clenching the charred piece of wood in anger at the lie that we had all been living in, the piece of wood started to glow and I was transported to a different location. This time, I was transported to in front of a great mansion on Long Island Sound. It was night and there was a magnificent party going on in the mansion. I, anticipating a great time ahead, entered the party and stood with my mouth hanging wide open. The person who owned this mansion had to…

sacrifice myself for my love. I felt myself a superabundance of energy which not outlet in our quite life.” Self–Sufficiency from a man who left everything to find the superabundance that nature give him is one of the concepts express by Krakauer in his book “Into the Wild.” For instance, Krakauer’s purpose in describing Christopher McCandless is to show how McCandless disconnection with modern society, trying to find purity of nature in order to fulfill his life. Krakauer description of…

Transcendentalism as a way of life has been studied by many scholars, throughout time. Transcendentalists, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, believed that by simplifying their way of living they could surpass their human emotions in order to separate themselves from the negative characteristics of society. These Transcendentalists believed that living in society left them vulnerable to the negative effects of human emotions and desires. Transcendentalism is not an…