Is The 1841 Fruitland Experiment By Amos Bronson Alcott A Transcendentalist
Through an examination of the 1841 Fruitland experiment by Amos Bronson Alcott, the importance and notion of a society that makes trade and create jobs without paying attention to social matters and issues was created.
Critique:
For many decades and centuries, people have had the same dream at one point or another to achieve a perfect world without crime, pain, poverty and greed. However, the variety and diversity in people’s thoughts made it difficult to achieve it. Amos Bronson Alcott had many kinds of skills and occupations such as: philosopher, poet and teacher. (_______) He was only educated until the age of 13 because he could not afford to continue studying. (_________) Despite that, he never stopped studying and commenced to teach …show more content…
(______) Many transcendentalists believed in the freedom qualities of individuals such as that the individual is free from society, family and religion. The transcendentalists assumed that there is a real world where the people understand validity and infinite. People fled to the Utopian communities because they could not live in the modern world anymore. In the year of 1822, he was impressed by the beliefs of the Quaker community which resulted in the opening of a school in Wolcott. (_____)Alcott loved education and he always took great pleasure in teaching others. For him, education was not labor. His classroom had open spaces and were decorated with books and unique artistic objects. he wanted to give his student the feeling of a homelike atmosphere because he believed that a home can have an positive influence on the students. He was inspired by the teaching of Socrates so his method greatly involved questioning and criticising the notions of the students to let them find the answers themselves. In the year of 1842, Alcott was encouraged by Emerson to sail to England. Alcott and Emerson visited a group of transcendentalists because they had discovered a community. Alcott met Charles lane and Henry wright and become friends. Alcott, Hennery, Lane and his son all returned to America together. After his trip, he was inspired to move to Harvard Massachusetts in 1843 with his family, Lane and the others to create the Fruitland Community
Critique:
For many decades and centuries, people have had the same dream at one point or another to achieve a perfect world without crime, pain, poverty and greed. However, the variety and diversity in people’s thoughts made it difficult to achieve it. Amos Bronson Alcott had many kinds of skills and occupations such as: philosopher, poet and teacher. (_______) He was only educated until the age of 13 because he could not afford to continue studying. (_________) Despite that, he never stopped studying and commenced to teach …show more content…
(______) Many transcendentalists believed in the freedom qualities of individuals such as that the individual is free from society, family and religion. The transcendentalists assumed that there is a real world where the people understand validity and infinite. People fled to the Utopian communities because they could not live in the modern world anymore. In the year of 1822, he was impressed by the beliefs of the Quaker community which resulted in the opening of a school in Wolcott. (_____)Alcott loved education and he always took great pleasure in teaching others. For him, education was not labor. His classroom had open spaces and were decorated with books and unique artistic objects. he wanted to give his student the feeling of a homelike atmosphere because he believed that a home can have an positive influence on the students. He was inspired by the teaching of Socrates so his method greatly involved questioning and criticising the notions of the students to let them find the answers themselves. In the year of 1842, Alcott was encouraged by Emerson to sail to England. Alcott and Emerson visited a group of transcendentalists because they had discovered a community. Alcott met Charles lane and Henry wright and become friends. Alcott, Hennery, Lane and his son all returned to America together. After his trip, he was inspired to move to Harvard Massachusetts in 1843 with his family, Lane and the others to create the Fruitland Community