After reading all of the Transcendentalists' works I now had to choose a topic of which to write a "fun" essay on. We had such broad options really, from religion to pop culture, to even telling a fictionial story about an experience with the writers. But none of these choices sounded like fun to me. So I had to begin my favorite pasttime, brainstorming.
After much deliberation I choose to also write on a broad topic, one with which I could use many examples, and also one that I knew ALOT about. So for my essay I will be writing an essay, one more formal than many others, about the corrupted youth of today. From this main topic I will branch into some subtopics consisting of religion in today's society, conformity in today's society, and nature in today's society. This is sort of what stood out to me when I was thinking about some of my favorite parts of the writing of Emerson, whom, like I mentioned in my previous blog, is my favorite between Whitman, Thoreau, and Emerson.
Some other ideas about what I am writing about include how the youth of today are not as in touch with their spirituality. This is present among most Americans I have met and many Europeans, South Americans, and even Asians, so it is not only just us Americans. Also on the topid of conformity, I feel that teenagers and youth in general are material oriented and don't care about bigger things like service before self, etc. We are also easy to conform to music trends, fashion trends, and even trends in ways of thinking. So we need to dive deeper into meanings of things and not just follow an idea or way of life because it seems "cool." And finally, on the topic of nature, many young adults across the world are not intouch with nature as Emerson says we should be. Although this is not true in remote and undeveloped parts of the world like the Himalaya or the Mongolian Plains, just go to any city and take a look at those high schools. Pathetic.
So that is basically my idea for this essay and I would really enjoy hearing your guys' advise, critiques, and thoughts on my zero draft.
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I think your idea has a creative twist by incorporating cultures of other teenagers in the world. Especially seeing as how you went on exchange to INDIA for a year!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading it...
Sweet Dan....haha....Seriously though, it's an excellent idea, and something that really does need to be discussed. I also like how you aren't pinning everything on American kids, because we really are just a small part of the world. It should be really interesting to see how you go through all the problems with conformity today in an essay form.
ReplyDeletei like your idea, and I admire the fact that you're taking each trancendentalist's best atrribute. Youre taking pieces from all three, not just one. I love how much variety you are putting into your essay, it's not just one simple idea. Although it is a vague topic, make sure each branch of your ideas are specific so its not just a ramble of 4 different ideas. I love that your topic is so personal and closely related to you. Really influence your opinion in your essay. Good job. :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea. I agree completly with the corruption of youth. I think you will have a fun time writing this essay. umm...lets see advice and stuff, OH!!!! Ok what if you talk about the different causes of this corruption and lack of spirituality (I was thinking media, peers, family etc.) This really is FANTASTIC. Let me read the final draft. Ok?
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