Two Examples Of Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a topic generally used throughout stories that have Romanticism. It uses different types of transcendentalism throughout all of the stories that are themed around transcendentalism. They have their own thoughts for what they think is right and ideas to living a fun and a way you want to live your own life. Emerson's “Nature” and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” are good examples of transcendentalism because these texts show people believing in the goodness of people, living a simple life, having a close relationship with nature, and celebrating emotions and imagination. In the text Nature, it uses a lot of transcendentalism describing characteristics in the text. In the text Nature, the author has a close relationship with nature. Emerson states “in the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough” (42). You can gain a good relationship with nature to live a simpler life. In the woods you can also enjoy yourself meaning you can have fun with

In the text civil Disobedience, the author tells the readers how the government need to focus on the goodness of people. Thoreau states “I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward” (1). The author thinks the government should focus more on the need for humans and the freedom of humans. The author also states that he is a non-conformist and he will only pay the taxes for thing he thinks are necessary to pay for. Thoreau says “I simply wish to refuse allegiance to the State, to withdraw and stand aloof from it effectively” (2). The author states he will only pay for the taxes that h e thinks are necessary to pay for. In the text Civil Disobedience, the author states how the government only focuses on themselves and that they don’t worry about other people in the