ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Nonconformity to the transcendentalist is simply ignoring the pressures of society to conform to the greater will of society in favor of following one’s own heart and one’s own gut.

Detailed explanation-2: -Even though they say women are too delicate for war, she signs up for the army. So she runs away from her father and is even promoted in the union army. Sarah is an example of nonconformity because she is going against what everyone else does. She is the one and only Sarah in a war for men.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalists were some of the first known non-conformists in America, and thus they critiqued contemporary society for its unthinking conformity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transcendentalists valued individualism and self-reliance Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement. The Transcendentalists believed there is a divine spirit in nature and in every living soul. Through individualism and self-reliance human beings could reunite with God.