Tuesday, September 22, 2009
My Favorite Essay
Personally my favorite essay was Emerson over Thoreau, and Whitman. I just loved how he described things. For example i thought it was so impressive of him to go in front of the whole Harvard School and expressed his thoughts through a speech. His words of wisdom inspired many people the believe his thoughts. In his speech he pretty much stated that God is not everything , and any person who is kind can be a god just like him. I am just all around inspired how he spoke to the completely wrong crowd about God.
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Allison,
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased that you found Emerson so inspirational (you'll likely want to make him--and his ideas--central to your first formal essays. In terms of those ideas, though, just what are they, really? You mention his notion that "God is not everything" and that "any person" can be God." Okay. But how does this work. One of the things you might want to explore in Friday's post is what specifically Emerson says in this regard. Try to locate a couple of telling quotes, reproduce them, and then explore your response to the actual language that Emerson uses. I think this will help you get a good start on your essay.