Ralph Waldo Emerson Questions and Letter to the Editor
Questions 1. According to the first sentence what does every person realize at some moment in his/her education?
At the same moment in his/her education, every person realizes that envy is ignorance, that imitation will get you know where, and that you have to accept yourself, the good parts and the bad. 2. What is the opposite of "self-reliance," according to Emerson?
The opposite of self-reliance to Emerson is conformity. 3. What does Emerson see as the most sacred aspect of a person?
The most sacred aspect of a person according to Emerson is a person’s own way of thinking, and uniqueness, and being able to be yourself, not what others want you to be. 4. What does Emerson think of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood?
What Emerson thinks of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood is that they're the hobgoblin of little minds, and that to be great is to be misunderstood. 5. Emerson makes many of his points through a series of figures of speech - comparisons between two things that are basically unlike. In "Self-Reliance" what does he compare with the ordinary things and events listed below. Be sure to respond in complete sentence format.
Example: He compares cannon balls to words: "Else if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today." A. planting corn
He compares planting corn to the people in the universe. He says, “ that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.” B. an iron string
He compares an iron string to yourself and what you believe. He says, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” C. Clay
He compares clay to being strong
At the same moment in his/her education, every person realizes that envy is ignorance, that imitation will get you know where, and that you have to accept yourself, the good parts and the bad. 2. What is the opposite of "self-reliance," according to Emerson?
The opposite of self-reliance to Emerson is conformity. 3. What does Emerson see as the most sacred aspect of a person?
The most sacred aspect of a person according to Emerson is a person’s own way of thinking, and uniqueness, and being able to be yourself, not what others want you to be. 4. What does Emerson think of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood?
What Emerson thinks of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood is that they're the hobgoblin of little minds, and that to be great is to be misunderstood. 5. Emerson makes many of his points through a series of figures of speech - comparisons between two things that are basically unlike. In "Self-Reliance" what does he compare with the ordinary things and events listed below. Be sure to respond in complete sentence format.
Example: He compares cannon balls to words: "Else if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today." A. planting corn
He compares planting corn to the people in the universe. He says, “ that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.” B. an iron string
He compares an iron string to yourself and what you believe. He says, “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” C. Clay
He compares clay to being strong