Ralph H. Baer

They believed that nature is changing and people must know the reason why it is changing because nature changes accordingly to the society. According to Emerson's (1834) observation " human do not entirely understand natures beauty and all the things that nature has to offer us. He further state that people are uncertain by the humankind around them and human must take themselves away from societies flaw and diversion in order to experience the unity with nature for which they are naturally…

Lord willing, I will get past the terrible habit of procrastinating, and learn to manage my time better. I believe those are the biggest difficulties I have encountered in this term. Learning how to balance time for work, studying, reading, sleep, daily routines such as showering, getting dressed and having breakfast will greatly enhance my success in courses. I know that I have to overcome these hindrances, and that now is the opportune moment, the perfect time! When I consider myself,…

As human existence matures through time and technology advances, humans have lost connection to nature. In Henry David Thoreau’s “Where I lived, and What I Lived for,” he explains his deliberate attempt to truly experience life by creating an authentic connecting with nature. Thoreau gambles his successful, easy life and bets on a world where he could experience the deep connection of nature through first hand experiences. Thoreau describes his journey of finding peace and fulfillment in a…

American Dream Adam wrote that the, “American Dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all of our citizens of every rank which is the greatest contribution we have as yet made to the thought and welfare of the world” (American). Many people come to America with a vision in mind that will further and brighten their future. The American dream has been prevalent in America since the day it was founded. A dream can be found everywhere, in love this every person, no matter who they are or…

success is to have earned the appreciation of honest critics also to tolerate the betrayal of deceptive friends and most importantly being self-reliant. Some great writers have their own special thinking about prosperity. For example, Self-Reliance, by Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests each of us needs to be individual and put ourselves before others. However, in Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, he gives a different meaning of being prosperous. Everyone has their own definition of prosperity, but for…

Ralph Waldo Emerson writes: “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all man, -that is genius (Emerson 439)”. This powerful quote is an expert taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s literary piece called Self-Reliance. The quote stands as a powerful example of the belief system behind the movement Transcendentalism. . Ralph Waldo Emerson was just one of the most famous literary members that spearheaded this powerful club called the…

“Nature always wears the color of the spirit” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). The spirit of a person can be dependent of the weather that is present. If it is a cloudy cold day, a person could feel sad or gloomy and have a dampened mood. If it a bright, sunny day; a person could be happy and energetic. In general, nature and its conditions can play a critical role in how a person may feel. In literature, nature can play a similar role as a symbol or motif. One example of how nature can be integrated in…

Describing human connections and the possibility of making these connections is rather difficult since the obstacles and avenues for meaningful connections differ according to the invidivdual, as are the connections that we yearn for equally specific to the person. Because the nature of human connections can be both vague and ambiguous, we will discuss works by Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Nathaniel Hawthorne in order to expand our understanding of relationships and connections, in…

Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and various selections in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Antislavery Writings (specifically, his “Address on the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies,” “The Fugitive Slave Law,” “The President’s Proclamation,” his “Lecture on Slavery,” and lastly his “Address to the Citizens of Concord on the Fugitive Slave Law”) discuss the deleterious effects of conformity on the American mind, and on society as a whole. Both authors discuss the…

Margaret Fuller published “The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men. Woman versus Women” in the July 1843 number of the Dial before its revision and expansion into a book in late 1844 under the title Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Phyllis Cole in “Fuller’s Lawsuit and Feminist History” mainly refers to Fuller’s use and expansion of the arguments made by feminist predecessors Mary Wollstonecraft and Sarah Grimke. Cole then identifies that Fuller’s use of “the rhetoric of expectancy as a means to its…