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-Logos: Emerson uses logos appeal to show that men must be self-reliant in order to achieve something in their life. He states, "A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace." According to Emerson, the only thing that can make a man feel truly successful is hard work based on self-reliance.

-Ethos: Emerson uses ethos strategies to appeal to those who are often strangers to or cast away from society. "Misunderstood! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood?...To be great is to be misunderstood." Emerson tells his misunderstood people that they can achieve greatness through their hard work and prove society wrong.

-Pathos: Emerson appeals to the emotions of the reader by encouraging them to become their own person. He states, "Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today." He encourages his readers to learn to speak for themselves and their beliefs.

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Emerson describes many people who were considered great, but no recognized for it in their own time. One person he failed to mention was the musician, Ludwig van Beethoven. Even when he became deaf, Beethoven still continued to compose pieces for orchestras and pianists, which are considered some of his best pieces. At the time however, Beethoven's music was criticized for being loud and violent compared to the more graceful pieces of the classical era. Today, Beethoven is considered one of the greatest musicians of all time, and Fur Elise, his most famous piece, has been played and used hundreds of times throughout entertainment and pop culture.

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My favorite quote from Emerson's Self-Reliance

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My favorite quote from Emerson's Self-Reliance

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- Catch My Breath by Kelly Clarkson
- Lyrics: "Catching my breath, letting it go. Turning my cheek for the sake of the show. Now that you know, this is my life, I won't be told what's supposed to be right. Catch my breath, no one can hold me back. I ain't got time for that. Catch my breath, won't let them get me down. It's all so simple now."

In this song, Kelly Clarkson describes how she is no longer going to let others control her and how she will take charge of her own life. Emerson states in Self-Reliance, "There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion;" Emerson believes that there is a time when a person will come to realize their self-worth, and begin to become independent and rely on themselves for their life choices. In the song, Kelly Clarkson also seems to discover a new self independence, much like power Emerson describes in his piece. "The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what this is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried."

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"Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."

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"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

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"...that he must take for himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground that was given to him to till."

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-Michael Bluth from the t.v. show Arrested Development

In Arrested Development, Michael Bluth is the only honest person in his spoiled, bratty family. Michael displays traits of hard work, having to take control of his father's corrupted company and keep the family in line. Michael doesn't trust anyone, but himself to make decisions for the family. Michael is also very honest in all parts of his life and often says what's on his mind, especially about the awful ways of his family.