Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "Self-Reliance" - Read

Question 1

analyze

Answer 1

• as he writes, Emerson tends to personify nature
• over and over again, Emerson stresses the importance of being an individual who is willing to take risks, be yourself, and that having others accept you can only happen once you accept yourself and who you truly are
• transcendentalists have a very intellectual, philosophical writing style

Question 2

in section 1 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson tells us that it is significant that certain things – “one face, one character, one fact” impresses us while another one

Answer 2

does not

Question 3

in section 8 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson gives a rule, which he says may serve for the whole distinction between

Answer 3

greatness and meanness

Question 4

in section 7 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson implies that sometimes truth is

Answer 4

rude

Question 5

in section 4 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson points out that society wants each person to conform, and the self-reliance is

Answer 5

society’s aversion - its opposite, because self-reliance loves reality instead of names and customs

Question 6

in section 8 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson gives a rule that applies to actual living as well as to intellectual thinking which is

Answer 6

“what I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think”