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American Horror Story: Roanoke is about ghostly settlers that were trying to survive in the woods and ended up dying. After this, Edward Mott, a wealthy, white, homosexual man moved to this location with his slaves and artwork to build a mansion. Edward had severe social anxiety but wasn’t diagnosed due to the time period. The leader of these settlers, The Butcher, murdered Edward, which allowed them to both haunts the mansion.

During this time period, having slaves was a social norm, but being homosexual was not. In a way, Edward retired from society by moving to the woods. After doing so, he was not tied down to what society wanted him to be. Edward was not only a non-conformist but he also lived a simplified life, chose his intuition over reasoning in some situations, and saw the importance of nature with his ideas and decisions. Edward Mott could be considered a true transcendentalist of the 19th century.

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“To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Edward Mott (2016)

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The Office is a show that has many characters with  different personalities within. One of them is Dwight Schrute, a man who prefers to live in the country with the knowledge he has to survive. From immunity with sickness to fire safety, Dwight spreads his knowledge of many different subjects to others.

He relies on himself and his experience to make something great of himself. Although Dwight is viewed as a geek, he has more knowledge and experience than others in The Office. This makes him different. As you watch The Office, you realize that nobody takes him seriously. Only he knows his great power of knowledge. This is the key to self-reliance and being independent. You must have confidence, experience, and knowledge to be able to live on your own.

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“The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Dwight Schrute (2005-2013)

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Michael Myers was a manic killer that killed many of teenager Laurie Strode’s friends and almost killed her in 1978. In the 2018 movie, Michael is in an asylum, held away from the world. Laurie greatly believes, without evidence, that he will escape to kill her and her family. She becomes so passionate with her idea that she begins to practice shooting a gun and engineers a secret room. Laurie’s daughter, who is a mother and a wife, thinks that she is too concerned. Even after getting in a fight with her daughter over the subject, she still is prepared to shelter her family. By the end of the night, Laurie is right as she defended herself, her daughter, and her granddaughter. Laurie’s caution leads to her protecting her family. Without her horrible gut-feeling, Laurie would not have been prepared and they would have died. In cases like these, trusting your intuition could save lives.

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“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Halloween (2018)

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In the movie, Wall-E, Earth was seen as a dusty, torn down planet with no vegetation at all. Humans had to live on a spaceship that stayed in space until the Earth was livable again, which made them overweight and lazy with technology that would do their work for them. Wall-E, a robot created to pick up the waste that humans left behind, was all alone on this lonely, dirty planet. One day Eve, a svelte, observational robot, was sent to Earth to find evidence that humans could yet again live a healthy, sustained life on Earth. After they both make it onto the ship, they try to show the morally-correct captain the plant. One major thing stands in their way: the ship comes alive and tries to keep them from going back to Earth.

Wall-E has a strong connection with society and how we treat nature. If it weren’t for the plant they found, the humans would have never gotten back into shape. They would have kept up their unreasonable physical activity. Personally, I find myself easily depressed and agitated after spending too much of my time on my phone or computer. In our modern society, we depend too much on technology and don’t enjoy the life around us like the transcendentalists did. Life would be more wise, simple, and healthy if we limited our time behind a screen.

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“In the woods, we return to reason and faith.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wall-E (2008)

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Garrett Watts is a YouTuber that made a video of himself cleaning his house of all he has hoarded. He got rid of things that he held on so dearly to live a healthier life. To live in a simplified life, you must be parted from the things that hold stress, shame, and guilt in your life. After you get away from everything that weighs you down, you will simply be free with the things that matter to you the most.

After watching the video, you realize that Garrett had to change his mindset to be able to successfully finish his hoarding. He had to be hard on himself to find his goal. Later, he began to thrive off of his simple life just because of his new mindset.

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“Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Garrett Watts (2018)