Nature

This small portion of Emerson's essay was acually interesting, but I am not saying that I enjoyed it. Emerson really makes you think about how we really do not have many areas where we can really experience nature. This is not just because city's are causing pollution, but also because we are destroying it. For example, we clear out forests because we need room to build homes and other buildings. This may seeming like it is good at first, but it is really horrible. This essay really gets you thinking about what we are really doing to our world. We are destroying it in order to make life easier for us. We want to improve our lives, so to do that, we ruin the lives of many creatures of nature. Does this really make sense? It seems like we only care about ourselves. In the long run, this is going to prove to be our downfall. We need to learn to be less selfish, or else the human race will perish. The point that Emerson is trying to make however, is that we should stop destroying nature, otherwise we will never really get to experience it. Overall, this essay was OK, and it really gets you thinking about how we can help save nature.1201569648

Unlike PSa, I really enjoyed this small section of Emerson's essay. Nowadays, everyone is aware of the fact that we as human beings are destroying the nature for our own comfort. However, we are also aware that there is nothing we can do more to conserve the nature at this very moment. We cannot just stop cutting down trees or using gas. If we don't clear out the forests, where would we live? get the papers from? or make our furnitures out of? Sure we can stop using gas but then how would we get to work? school? Maybe some years later, our technology will be advanced enough to make a city under water or make a solar car. But until then, all we can do is try to make the damage as less as possible and enjoy the nature like Emerson said in his essay. 1201659694

This was a very intersting essay. I find that technology can be very usefull, but like almost everything, they can be used in a negative way. Technology has tendencies to make things a lot better for everyone, if we use less time on certain less meaningful tasks, we have more time to work on ones that are important to us, or are important to the rest of the world. Although this is true, it is a double bladed sword. Instead of connecting us to eachother, or giving us more time to help eachother, technology ends up working against us, isolating us. We become so caught up in our manufactured reality, we become disconected with where we fit in the world and what is meaningful to us. Many people never get a chance to enjoy the free, beautiful, outdoors. We need to step back from the human made world, and obserb what is true. 1201806277

One thing that i have noticed about Emerson's writing is that he writes in some ways similar to that of Walt Whitman. He is extremely passionate about certain things, and he has a very strong heart and sticks to what he believes. In the first poem we read from Emerson's work, was about nature. Primarily about nature. Emerson used figurative language, comparisons, metaphors, and short "bumper sticker" statements to get his point across to the readers. The reason I enjoy reading and discussing Whitman, and writers like Whitman [such as Emerson] is because the work they have written is a reflection. It is almost like a diary. We, as the readers get to share the emotions and feelings they have written about in their writing. It is like we are part of the creation process; it is like we were invited to work along side of them. Feeling this emotion, helps me as a student and a reader to be more influenced by work of famous authors. To be able to get inside their head, and take their ideas and use them for my own benefit is really exciting. 1201826313

When reading Emersons writings, I find that he is a strong believer. He has beliefs and passion that separate him from other writers. Sure, all the poets we are reading seem to sound the same, but if we really READ and INTERPURATE their words we see that all poets are different. Each and every one of them has a unique way of expressing themselves. I think that passion and loyalty shows a true poet. When I read Emerson and Thoreau's writing, I get chills. I'm not exaggerating when i say that. Immediatly, I got an overwhelming sense of passion. One thing I really like about Emerson is that he uses "bumper stickers". The short sentence that convey alot of meaning. The shorter the sentence is the more we can understand it. I think when writers use long running sentences it is harder to understand. Emerson is very forward with his writing. He says it straight forward, it only takes him a few words in each sentence to tell us what he beliefs. Which I admire. I also like how Emerson talks about the technology we have in this world. There is some truth to what he is trying to get across. Technology does have negative side effects. It takes us away from the real world and focuses us more on possesions and electronics. By obsessing over Technology, we come to believe that our amussement and happiness comes from a TV screen. When really, its outside our front door. 1202073362

This was a very motivating essay that he wrote. Technology has negatives to make people lazy and dependent on others, if we use less time on a computer and more time absorbing the natural wonders around life could become more meaningful. This passage from the essay describes what I mean. “The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me, and I to them. The waving of the boughs in the storm, is new to me and old. It takes me by surprise, and yet is not unknown. Its effect is like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me, when I deemed I was thinking justly or doing right. Technology has the power to make us become hermit crabs locked in our shells while starring at the T.V. All meaning of nature is lost if you don’t take a hike through woods once in a while. If all technology is destroyed can you survive on your own with no lights or running water? Take time to appreciate the little natural things in life. 1202261215

I really liked this passage because I think that Emerson really wanted to get the message across that in order to find God, you truly have to appreciate nature. I think that people nowadays drown out all aspects of their lives besides work, work, and work. They do not do this simply because they choose to but because they are so completely consumed in that area in their lives. It's good to put everything aside and just focus on God and acknowledging your environment. It creates a sense of serenity and peace. Aside from that, it also helps you to know that there is more to like than just being busy all the time. Being able to find a place where you can just sit and think really enlightens your mind and opens it to various subjects, not just religion. If more people did so, then the world would be a lot less stressed out and who knows; we might even eliminate high blood pressure. It's amazing what a little peace, quiet, and nature can do for a person's mind, body, and soul. I think that Emerson really did understand himself and I believe that nature played a role in that. He embraced nature and it embraced him. 1202947201

When i read Emeron's poem and such ni get the feeling that he is a believer, but not an activist, i guess. I feel that emerson will write about things like saying you should be one with nature and things like that, but he never went out and lived with nature. I mean he went to a house with his friends and talked about what people should do, but did they ever do anything, unlike thoreau where he at least went and lived out there. Yeah emerson was a good writer and such but he really didnt do what he was saying to do. He really never dropped technology and became one with nature he just talked aboout it with his little club they had. I really do like the writing that he has though, even if it is a little hard to understand.

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