sure to cite sources often and correctly!
“For your nonconfrmity the world will
whip you with its displeasure” - Emerson
“I could never look a man in the face
who was not fully awake” -Thoreau
God
...truths of the universe will
become clear to you.
- Nonconformity:
“Imitation is suicide”
-Emerson
belief system
Our normal “range” of experience.
To
go
e
ov
b
a
(ups/downs)
but still in a
“normal” range
Nature
Be
Self
4. A solid introduction and a better
conclusion.
Part Religion
Part Philosophy
Part Lifestyle
of experience.”
to go above
and beyond
“range
“
recall the emphasis on a full
d
an
b
Hint: For 2 + 3
- Optimistic philosophy
- Our “higher” nature will emerge
- Emphasis on Imagination
3. How the lifestyle, philosophy, and
“religion” of Timothy Treadwell may or may
not have reflected these beliefs.
- How are they in line with Emerson?
- How do they differ from Emerson?
- How are they in line with Thoreau?
- How do they differ from Thoreau?
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Transcendentalism
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2. How the lifesyle, philosophy, and
“religion” of Chris McCandless may or may not have reflected these beliefs.
- How are they in line with Emerson?
- How do they differ from Emerson?
- How are they in line with Thoreau?
- How do they differ from Thoreau?
... and experience
life above or “outside
the normal range of
experience.
1. The core beliefs of Transcendentalism.
- Potential differences between
Emerson and Thoreau.
- to find a “purer”
way of “spiritual”
consciousness.
How?
Points to address:
- Self-Reliance:
“Trust thyself; every
heart vibrates to that
iron string.” -Emerson
Did Timothy Treadwell and Chris McCandless live lives that were in keeping with the
Transcendentalist principals outlined and
described by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry
David Thoreau?
Why?
- Immersion in nature.
The Prompt:
- Simplify, simplify, simplify!
The Transcendentalist Essay