Romanticism and Transcendentalism Essay

values the idea of providing for yourself, similarly Ralph Emerson values the idea of self reliance. In the book Into the Wild Chris decides to change his life, he begins to live his life like a transcendentalist. One of the biggest concepts of transcendentalism is the idea…

Specializing in human personality, honored Swiss Psychiatrist, C.G Jung Claims, “Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. Deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune. ” People aren’t born good or bad, pessimistic or optimistic, introverts or extroverts etc. But our human nature will certainly grow up with traits inhibiting such behaviors, we can reveal our good side but we try to hide the bad side of ourselves. In the case…

Aldo Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin who published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He wrote about nature in different ways throughout his book. The writing varies from the landscape to the animals. He describes different areas he has been to; these range from near his home in Wisconsin down to the New Mexico and Arizona area. Leopold uses a unique style of writing for this time period. Very little is known about nature at the time he published his book compared to today.…

There’s always two sides to everything. In the Article “What is the point of college”, it discusses how when it comes to university, there are two visions: Utility and Utopia. Utopia came from John Stuart Mill and he calls it “experiment on living”. This means it centers on getting student ready for the real world. In addition, Utility came from Kwame Anthony Appiah, and mentions how it focuses on the usefulness of college. They’re very different and lead to different metrics of success. In…

Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare is mainly about the search for true identity. Paul believes that people should do whatever they want to do in life, disregarding if what people claim is true or false. Paul wants them to forget their past and have new experiences. Which is why Paul goes to many people in order to help them reveal their true identity. For example, Paul wants to help Flan find his true identity but he just ignores him. Causing Flan to stay the same. Paul causes Rick to…

Nathaniel Hawthorne creates a tripartite topography made up of the forest and wilderness, the Puritan Town, and the threshold. The forest and wilderness, composed of trees and a brook, embody freedom. The Puritan Town, which is filled with Puritans, the prison, and the scaffold, epitomizes rigidity and hypocrisy. The threshold, although relatively barren aside from a rose-bush and Hester’s cottage, signifies a boundary between Puritan Town and the forest and wilderness. Through the juxtaposition…

Transcendentalism was first practiced by the likes of Henry David Thoreau in the mid eighteenth century. Displeased with society, Thoreau moved into a one room shack, isolated in the woods, where he wrote Walden. Transcendental ideas have been preserved throughout time by people like Chris McCandless. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, details McCandless’s journey all over the nation after graduating at Emory University. All in all, transcendental ideas have proven to be very relevant today. Not…

May and Amos Bronson Alcott (Price). In a letter to her father twenty-five years later, Alcott described herself as being born “bawling at the disagreeable world” (Kort). Louisa May Alcott’s father was a philosopher and educator, a leader in transcendentalism, and a spokesman for the abolitionist movement (Heginbotham). Fascinated by child development, he observed his own children in various stages, including, infancy, toddlerhood, and childhood. He recorded his notes in journals. These…

Why did I choose this TOK question? Personally, “Doubt is the key to knowledge” is a very thought-provoking Persian Proverb. We usually associate knowledge with certainty and belief, which we hold them dearly throughout our whole life. The knowledge could be related to religion, science or even arts. However, is knowledge always true and certain? Could there be error in the knowledge that we know of? I would be exploring how doubt plays imperative role in the field of science to gain the most…

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher and prolific writer, who gained much of his higher education through reading because he declined to attend Cambridge University. He was known as one of the leading Social Darwinists of the nineteenth century. As a Social Darwinist, Spencer helped gain acceptance of the theory of evolution which also became the basis for most of his books and teachings. The principle of evolution believed in the process whereby all things change from the…