Comparing Emerson's Ideas Of Fear, Instinct, And

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To begin with, the aspects of self-trust really and truly is fear, instinct, and solitude. Emerson uses some of these characteristics for a person, which makes them a better person than they were the previous day. Sit back and wonder how exactly fearing something is positive, or having a great instinct, and lastly the state of being alone really creates a better person. These are just some negatives that actually equals positives once I break it down what each of these fall under, which is self-trust. What is Self-trust? Self-trust is defined as the confident expectation of getting a certain task completed by the person him/herself. All three: fear, instinct, and solitude plays a crucial role in self-trust to a person when making a decision. Which brings me to the one of the three topic, Fear. The main definition of fear is the feeling of being afraid. Emerson states that the greatest fear of a person is failure. He really attacks fear to the younger generations. Fear of failures can decrease a person values of individualism, also creativity to think outside the box. Emerson uses fear as a counter argument so an individual can use that as a …show more content…

Barak himself kind of have the same views of Emerson as a non-conformist. His energy and positive but yet firm approach on certain topics and situations touched millions of lives (including myself). The self-trust comes out of him especially due to the color of this skin many people doubted him. They doubted whether or not he would even have a chance to even run. People told him his chances of being a U.S president was slimmer than “human life on mars. “ Overcoming these obstacles he faced and passed, showed the non-conformist in himself. Exactly the point Emerson’s trying to convey to each of this readers and