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Romantic Era In The Romantic Age

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The Romantic Era has produced ideas and texts that contribute to the society that is seen today. Examples of these texts include Thoreau's “Walden” and my Learner Choice novel, Red Rising. The Romantic Era ties into Freedom & Selfhood and is important to the development of today’s society and the future ahead. It allowed people to begin to look at the world through a different lens, a lens that showed them to embrace freedom and to find yourself. Henry David Thoreau uses imagery in his descriptions, similes, and metaphors to develop the theme. The way in which Thoreau describes the scenery allows the reader to become immersed in the world that he has described. Specifically, he uses the scenery to combine the idea of living life to the fullest. …show more content…

Darrow, a strong-willed character has lots of narration that is unspoken. The thoughts he has is clearly shown each time an event happens. The way he speaks is shown in the dialogue as well, as the language is English, but it is spoken differently. The imagery, as mentioned before, is used in a way to immerse the reader in Darrow’s world. The author also uses tone and atmosphere to set the mood, and manipulate the reader’s emotion to increase the effectiveness of the book’s plot. Sentence length is also used to signify importance and create …show more content…

The act of finding myself and discovering who I am as I grow has been important, as it gives me more motivation to keep on going. Selfhood is important in order to distinguish myself from everyone else because that is how I grow. I realize which parts of me are unique, and what I need to improve on to become a doctor and succeed in all aspects of my life. Romantic values, freedom, and selfhood, are all important to the development of today’s society and the future ahead. Each of the three separate aspects is important to today’s society and each individual because of how it develops each person to become who they want to be. Freedom and selfhood combine to create a land of opportunity, America. Romantic values, especially the ones mentioned, are important to society so that each person can develop their own strengths and contribute to society. Empathy is important so that each person can be kind to one another and become happier. Empathy creates kindness and will create happiness because of less negative emotions. Empathy ensures that fewer people are insensitive or are viewed as so because people feel how others

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