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1A: Quote - "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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1A: Quote - "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!"
-  Henry David Thoreau

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The image below contains a couple of Hula dancers in Hawaii who signify the Hawaiian lifestyle, which embraces the transcendental tenets of simplicity and nature.

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"In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village...What business have I in the woods, if I am thinking of something out of the woods?"
- Henry David Thoreau

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This powerful image conveys the message which Thoreau is trying to get across (to sponsor a clear mind when one is spending recreational time in nature ) by portraying technology (keyboard) as a distraction from nature, thus advocating a rejection of tradition and society in order to inspire a retreat to nature.

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"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The following image relates to the transcendental tenet of the rejection of traditional establishment, which is leading to the gradual demise of nature's beauty.

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"The ancient Greeks call the world {kosmos}, beauty. Such is the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye, that the primary forms, as the sky, the mountain, the tree, the animal, give us a delight in and for themselves...There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful...Even the corpse has its own beauty."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The following image symbolizes how all things in life that represent beauty are an outgrowth of nature, thus rendering the transcendental tenets of goodness and nature.

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"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist...Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind...No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature...I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The image below portrays a group of people (society), which seems to have ostracized the shirtless man (nonconformist), thus representing the transcendental tenets of rejection of tradition and the advocating of individualism.

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In the poem, "O Me! O Life!" by Walt Whitman, the author seems to find himself in a position of puzzlement as he questions if there is genuinely a purpose in life for humans. Whitman describes that in the world, the "cities [are] fill'd with the foolish" (Line 2) who faithlessly seek purpose in life. However, Whitman troubles himself in that he explains that "with the rest me intertwined" (line 6). The following statement created a problem in that neither Whitman nor other people in society knew the purpose of life; however, at the end of his poem, Whitman answers his question by explaining that the only use for us to exist is in our very existence and that, in this existence, we "may contribute a verse" (line 9).

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Although Welton Academy provides students with four pillars (Tradition, Discipline, Excellence, and Honor) sponsoring conformity for good ethics, Neil and his friends strive to "suck out all the marrow of life" by breaking these precedents ("Where I Lived and What I Lived For" by Thoreau) despite the ramifications of the headmaster, Mr. Nolan.

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My verse in life will be to provide healthcare for people as a surgeon in order to elongate or improve life for them. By doing so, I will be contributing to people in society a complete life to allow them to continue embracing nature and living life to its full extent.

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Our Mother, scenes so keen // With her riveting, peachy hues //
Yet we resort to images so obscene // Portrayed by the repugnant screens // We must realize our cue // It's time to bid them adieu.

Oh! The toil they have evoked! // Generations of the past must see truth // How they made us out joked // Our futures have been choked // For a resolution we must begin our sleuth // Else we destroy the budding youth

Our Mother, we are prepared to save // Self-reliance for a better tomorrow // Rummaging through the confines are the brave // Society comprehends their beliefs as rave // Conformity only for hopeless sorrow // Follow your own lines, refuse to borrow

So watch us fight for the light of day // So watch us advocate the so-called cliche

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In the following song by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, he stresses the negative impacts of increasing industrialization and deforestation as they are "improving" our lives at the expense of nature.

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Michael Jackson - Earth Song (Official Video)

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#MeMyself&I plays a significant role in my life as seen in the following image of me embracing nature and using the sound of the flowing waterfall to meditate and reflect on how I can work towards the betterment of my individual self.

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After spending quality time with my friends at a park, I took a walk through a somewhat rustic path to find a magnificent site of Mother Nature's qualities.

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On a trip to Maui, my father and I decided to take the seemingly harrowing hike to the peak of Haleakalā at dawn in order to take in the marvelous Hawaii sunrise and exhibit nature firsthand.

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As I was walking back home, I noticed a gazebo in a beautiful setting and decided to stop for a bit to enjoy the simple, yet beautiful colors of nature.

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As our concurrent society makes further advancements in technology (such as smartphones), people seem to be losing interest in nature while adapting to lives revolving around screens and conformity.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWvjCPcIKPsfd6GOMGZBxoD1Clv7SfrFnzM3tYxZW3M/edit?usp=sharing

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The following image connects to the overall theme of the transcendental synthesis essay as it relates to the idea of self-reliance and how each person's puzzle piece would create a whole essence of society in which everyone is contributing in their own ways.