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Ralph Waldo Emerson's Greatest Accomplishment Analysis

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Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated “ To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. “ This quote means if you be yourself in a place where people are trying to influence you into something that you're not than that is amazing. Emerson’s statement is true because you are convenient, make your own choices, honesty is the key.

First and foremost, convenient is a tremendous accomplishment. In other words, not worrying about what others think is a victory. For example, when I was in Elementary School I would wear swimming trunks to school everyday. Then one day my best friend asked me “ Why are you wearing those?” I replied “ Because I am going swimming later” which was not true at all. It is an embarrassment just deeming about it, but the point is that I didn’t care of what anybody said so you shouldn’t either. Wear what you think looks good on you ignore the haters and just move on! Moreover, making your own choices aids you by achieving your goal. A better explanation would be, to not agree with everybody else because it's your body and you can control it not them! To prove my point, you are in school and all of a sudden one of your best friend’s get into a verbal fight and the bully is about to punch him.What would you do just stand …show more content…

In similar terms, lying to a civilized person is a tragic way to start a new friendship or even a relationships. As an illustration you catch your friend’s boyfriend hanging out with another girl. Then she went up to him and gave him a kiss and the man didn’t stop her! After she walked away you called his girlfriend and told her all about this heartrending moment, but she didn’t believe you. It sounds tedious how your own friend doesn’t believe you, but it’s not your fault because you were truthful and the boyfriend probably didn’t tell her the truth. Many Americans get into fights because of this annoying moment of our everyday

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