Emerson Individualism

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance” he talks about how as individuals we should try to be independent. We also shouldn’t do what others do or rely on technology so heavy. If we stay independent, and not follow our peers/friends we would stay true to our identity. Emerson’s essay was identical to last week’s essay about individualism, and how we should be ourselves. One thing I think the quote was talking about is how individual rely solely on technology. Technology play a big part on the lives of others back in the day. However; now that technology has evolve eminently it now plays an even bigger part in our everyday live. We use our cell phones, laptops, and watches daily to talk, text, tell time, do work/homework, etc. We used
If one day technology all together decided to stop working, we will all be lost. If our watching stop ticking, do we know as human beings how to tell time by the sun. I don’t think a lot of us would be capable of telling the time by the sun. Since we, as younger generations never had to experience telling the time by the angle of the sun. Additionally, to our dependents on technology, we also depend heavy on other inventions, such as cars, fans, notebooks, calculators, etc. Emerson’s stated that, “The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle.” Emerson’s talks about how as individuals we lose the things that makes us who we are as individuals, and it also makes us less independent. There is this quote from someone unknown that my grandma used to tell me all the time. It reads “Don’t lean on others; you don’t need to. You were born with two feet for a reason.” This quote was something I think Emerson was trying to imply in the quote, and throughout his essay. As a matter of fact I don’t think the quote from Emerson’s essay was to pummel the use of inventions or