LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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society wants to be unsuccessful
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society doesn’t care what people do
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society is against individuality
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society forces people to defy the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -Individualism “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The theme of individualism is often proposed within “Self-Reliance.” Emerson explains the ultimate form of happiness is achieved when a person learns and adapts an individualistic lifestyle based on their own values. Emerson emphasizes, “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Detailed explanation-3: -“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Emerson believed that people needed to be more like children who are more authentic than adults because society has not yet pressured them to conform to its standards. In the essay, Emerson touts the primary goals of transcendentalism: individualism, nonconformity, and intuition.