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Chris McCandless embodies multiple principles of Emerson's description of a great man. He had the mental strength to follow through his plan of hiking alaska. He had the fortitude to work and survive despite the conditions around him. He had the confidence in himself to go through his journey alone. He was misunderstood by the people around him because of how he donated all his money, carried little possessions, and hiked in dangerous climates. Finally, he had nothing to do other than live, no responsibilities, and nothing holding him down.

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Vincent Van gogh contributed true beauty to society in the form of art when he was alive. His paintings had the ability to move someone emotionally with his dark themes and undertones. However, he was misunderstood, and people wrote him off as someone with a mental illness, discrediting his beautiful art.

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Emerson explains that great men have "confided themselves" and believe in themselves to push them to be great one day. In Ghost Town by Kanye West, Kanye exclaims "Someday I will wear a starry crown", meaning someday he will be great, confiding in himself.

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Mental Strength
resilience
Stubbornness
Fortitude

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"A great soul simply has simply nothing to do"

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Emerson describes someone who is self reliant as "not cowards fleeing before revolution" but someone who can "advance on Chaos and Dark" and working through their hands, predominating in all their being". Mulan embodies this idea when she does not hide from war and charges straight towards it and literally advances through the chaos of conflict working with her hands to defeat the enemy.