... it is what forces us not to depend on others" ideas but to develop our own. Nature is ever changing so we must keep searching for explanations about human life through Simplicity, the Value and Potential of Our Soul, and Our Imagination. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson both ... life and it is what forces us not to depend on other's ideas, but to develop our own. Thoreau tests Emerson's ideas by living at Walden Pond where he finds like Emerson that, simplicity in physical aspects brings deepness to our mind, our soul to its fullest potential, and our imagination ... human lif...

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... it is what forces us not to depend on others" ideas but to develop our own. Nature is ever changing so we must keep searching for explanations about human life through Simplicity, the Value and Potential of Our Soul, and Our Imagination. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson both ... life and it is what forces us not to depend on other's ideas, but to develop our own. Thoreau tests Emerson's ideas by living at Walden Pond where he finds like Emerson that, simplicity in physical aspects brings deepness to our mind, our soul to its fullest potential, and our imagination ... human lif...

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... to their lives. Emerson's Self-Reliance explains how we cannot survive living lives derived around society. "Imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion" (1). Emerson teaches us that we cannot survive mentally if we mimic society's actions. Society kills our individuality, our ... definition of survival. "I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighborAt present I am a sojourner in civilized life again" (1). Henry David Thoreau's Walden conveys that society has created a world where everything is based around money, and our individualism is...

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... other's ideas affect his own, rather than practice ignorance and claim total originality. Emerson's aunt, Mary Moody Emerson, who encouraged and inspired Emerson to think for himself, posed as a prominent influence in his early life. Aunt Mary lived her life by the motto, "always do what you are afraid to do." ... Her influence on his thinking at such an early age strongly impacted Emerson's resolute search for identity. In turn, Emerson challenges and beckons us forward, down the road to our best selves, continuously urging us to be more creative, continually reinventing ... goal to qu...

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... life was no longer my own. Everything I was doing was to please this one girl. I no longer had my own identity, only a shadow of her. This continued for a while. Finally, one day I realized my life had to change. At this point, I had already given up on a chance to move away to college, I was ... , Emerson explains to us that we cannot chase the beauty of nature. He portrays the fact that the true beauty is almost circumstantial. When we search for the beauty in nature it will always elude us. He tells us to appreciate the times when we happen onto the true wonders of nature. A cool ... w...

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... life was no longer my own. Everything I was doing was to please this one girl. I no longer had my own identity, only a shadow of her. This continued for a while. Finally, one day I realized my life had to change. At this point, I had already given up on a chance to move away to college, I was ... , Emerson explains to us that we cannot chase the beauty of nature. He portrays the fact that the true beauty is almost circumstantial. When we search for the beauty in nature it will always elude us. He tells us to appreciate the times when we happen onto the true wonders of nature. A cool ... w...

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• Grade Level: High School