Ralph Waldo Emerson's No One Is Perfect
No One Is Perfect
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a man ahead of his time, wrote “Self-Reliance” to describe how he felt about the conformities of man and why they were horseradish. Emerson went into detail about how people should be themselves, be honest about their feelings, and to say what they feel. He truly believed that if the American society were to go by what they are really feeling, that they would be much more accepting of people from different religions. Of course, then, people thought differently from Emerson and it was less common to think how he did. Although Emerson was a brilliant man, he was a little bit naive. “…Emerson set this structure of aversion to the work of disassociating him from the moral imperatives of two of the most powerful institutions of social reform…” (Pease 72). This was especially apparent when it came to abolitionists and philanthropists. He thought that because it wasn’t his …show more content…
What Emerson wanted the American society to do, is to do whatever they damn well please and to not care what people think of you because of it. Of course, he didn’t mean it in a sense as to do whatever you pleased. You couldn’t go stab someone and say that it’s because you wanted to, that would just make you a sociopathic murderer. What Emerson wanted is for people to be happy and do what they wanted to do in life despite all the judgment and criticizing they may receive. If you want to dress up in satanic clothing and still go to church, then, by all means, do so. If you’re a woman and want to go out in public with no bra or completely topless, then do it. Do you want to major in something else, even though your parents put you in college to become a doctor? Then you go do whatever it is that’s going to make you happy. The point is, you shouldn’t care about what people will think of you or say about you, as long as it’s making you happy don’t let other people bring you
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a man ahead of his time, wrote “Self-Reliance” to describe how he felt about the conformities of man and why they were horseradish. Emerson went into detail about how people should be themselves, be honest about their feelings, and to say what they feel. He truly believed that if the American society were to go by what they are really feeling, that they would be much more accepting of people from different religions. Of course, then, people thought differently from Emerson and it was less common to think how he did. Although Emerson was a brilliant man, he was a little bit naive. “…Emerson set this structure of aversion to the work of disassociating him from the moral imperatives of two of the most powerful institutions of social reform…” (Pease 72). This was especially apparent when it came to abolitionists and philanthropists. He thought that because it wasn’t his …show more content…
What Emerson wanted the American society to do, is to do whatever they damn well please and to not care what people think of you because of it. Of course, he didn’t mean it in a sense as to do whatever you pleased. You couldn’t go stab someone and say that it’s because you wanted to, that would just make you a sociopathic murderer. What Emerson wanted is for people to be happy and do what they wanted to do in life despite all the judgment and criticizing they may receive. If you want to dress up in satanic clothing and still go to church, then, by all means, do so. If you’re a woman and want to go out in public with no bra or completely topless, then do it. Do you want to major in something else, even though your parents put you in college to become a doctor? Then you go do whatever it is that’s going to make you happy. The point is, you shouldn’t care about what people will think of you or say about you, as long as it’s making you happy don’t let other people bring you