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    wouldn’t say he is a hero but he is a transcendentalist. He looked off of the others who write about their actual experiences in the wild. They were the true transcendentalism heroes. He just fried to copy off what they were doing but that still makes him a transcendentalist‚ he went into the wild and committed to those values of transcendentalism. Thoreau’s "Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived for" suggests that a true transcendentalist hero should value living by his/her ow rules rather than those given

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    solitude‚ from going into the winter‚ then as spring hits‚ to the end of his live at his tiny house and how great the wild was out there by himself with no one else around in the woods near the town he lived by. he talks about transcendentalism. He uses transcendentalism to bring out the live of living in the wilderness and how easy and free it is. Thoreau talked about how each season that he lived through gave his tiny house and the wilderness a different feel even though there was cracks

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    Like “Nature” there are many recurring themes of Transcendentalism in Henry David Thoreau’s piece “Walden”. In this story Thoreau begins by explaining why he went into nature. He left society to avoid consistency and to learn things about himself from nature. He wished to simplify his life to the bare minimum and to discover the only things that he needed in his life to survive. He says “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers… and lump

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    A lot of quotes have inspired me over the years‚ many of which I will be writing about in this space. I choose to begin with a quote that touched a nerve. Emerson has a lot of inspirational sayings‚ but this one still motivates me everyday. Society likes things defined. And since we humans live in a society that sets limits‚ we have definitions of what being successful means. An individual has to “make it in a particular line of work” or “follow a particular career path” in order to be termed

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    in the care of their aunt Sylvie‚ a childless and childlike woman who has spent the majority of her as a drifter and a loner. She is the closest thing the girls have ever known to be a mother. As the novel progresses‚ Robinson uses Sylvie’s transcendentalism to lead Ruth into the impermanence of the natural world and human relationships. Robinson makes Ruth choose the lifestyle she desires while she uses Lucille and Sylvie’s identities to contrast the ideas of conformity and individuality‚ to show

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    radical‚ were very progressive for his time‚ hold very much truth‚ and are still extremely influential in today’s society. In Walden‚ Thoreau expresses views on nature that were not highly upheld in the society which he lived in. For example‚ Thoreau reveals his opinions on commitment in a highly controversial way‚ saying‚ “As long as possible live

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    people each. The numbers will grow so immense that the movement is able to stretch into different states in all different kinds of areas. This movement is an example of transcendentalism. Trevor‚ the boy shows transcendentalist traits by being independent and creating his own ideas. The people following the movement carry out transcendentalism by making a change in the world and trying to speak out with actions. Every human life

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    the happiest. Not thinking about what everybody else thinks about you; regarding only your opinions and how you feel. In “Self-Reliance”‚ Emerson includes Transcendentalism characteristics to shows the need for every person to avoid conformity. Trusting yourself is a practice that Transcendentalism people practice and follow. Transcendentalism

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    Together or Separate The church aged through the history of the United States like a person growing older every year. Likewise‚ the church has lost its power with the government as an elderly person can’t participate in the things like they used to. Puritans viewed their government and religion as one. Deist viewed things using logic and reason to separate their government and religion. Transcendentalist viewed that they don’t need a religion; they need to connect with nature spiritually. Throughout

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    transcendentalist piece‚ It is obvious that it was written by Henry David Thoreau‚ a renowned transcendentalist. Thoreau typically uses rich imagery and metaphors in order to describe the beauty of nature‚ and a didactic tone is present in his other works‚ some examples being “Self-reliance” and “Walden.” “Walden” and “Self-reliance” both emphasize some of the key aspects of the transcendentalist ideology‚ particularly the importance of the individual and being self-reliant all while achieving oneness with the

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