Emerson Nature Rhetorical Analysis

Renowned American- writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay, “Nature” reflects the true beauty of nature, he proposes the idea that we become careless towards nature we lose our sense of wonder. Emerson’s purpose is to express the miracle of reality. He inspires a sense of wonder to convey to his readers that nature is far more beautiful than we think, how unappreciative we become. Through the use of influential language Emerson’s emotional appeal is strengthened, his use of logic aids his argument to help sway the reader to be more appreciative of nature as well as connected to it.

Emerson begins to depict the unappreciative nature of man by using the strongest and most influential strategy, appeal to emotion. “ [ the sun] shines into the

Children question everything and are still curious, Emerson wants the reader to feel like a child, to look at nature from the perspective of a child because “ the sun illuminates only the of man”. Emerson makes the reader feel ungrateful when he discusses the beauty of the stars, “ if the stars should appear one night in a thousand years how would men believe and adore”, people look at the stars and think that because they are always present that they do not have to give them a second glance, which makes the reader think about how ungrateful they are. Another example of Emerson's use of influential language is when he talks about how “ the stars awaken certain reverence because they are inaccessible,” this example is influential because according to Emerson if people were more open minded to nature’s beauty looking at the stars would awake a certain reverence, a person would realize that they have the ability to gaze at something otherworldly every night yet take it for granted. Finally, Emerson brings the reader into the story by using "I" the personal pronoun repeatedly this implies that Emerson and the reader share the

Emerson talks about nature as a democratic element, it belongs to everyone “ Miller owns this field, Locke that and Manning the woodland. but none of them owns the landscape,” in the material sense Miller, Locke and Manning have a legal claim to the land but in a broad sense nobody owns it,"their warranty- deeds give no title" the landscape is for everyone. This helps sway the reader to become more connected to nature because it makes nature seem more accessible, because it belongs to everyone the reader wants to become apart of nature. Another example of logic Emerson uses is his explanation of nature as the truest reflection, "nature always wears the colors of the spirit.To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it",Emerson wants the reader to connect to nature in a pos way to keep an open mind and if they do just that they will be able to see nature for the miracle it is. Emerson presents an argument to again sway the reader to become more appreciative of nature and to connect to it when he uses the word "certain" in the following example :"it is certain that the power to produce this delight does not reside in nature but in man, or in a harmony of both", the power to produce delight is a combination of two elements man and nature not just one. This connects the reader because man alone cannot be happy, what is life without nature? Emerson argues that a person can