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1A. (Thoreau)Walden- "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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1A. (Thoreau)Walden- "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."(Thoreau 3)

Seeking the truth and connecting with nature are both tenets of transcendentalism, and they are exemplified in this quote.

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"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements"(Thoreau 7)

The benefits that Thoreau gains from his connection with nature are perfectly shown in this quote.

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"Nature says, — he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me."(Emerson 2)

This quote exemplifies the tenet "Return to nature" in transcendentalism.

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"But besides this general grace diffused over nature, almost all the individual forms are agreeable to the eye, as is proved by our endless imitations of some of them, as the acorn, the grape, the pine-cone, the wheat-ear, the egg, the wings and forms of most birds, the lion's claw, the serpent, the butterfly, sea-shells, flames, clouds, buds, leaves, and the forms of many trees, as the palm."(Emerson 1)

This quote represents the transcendentalist tenet "return to nature."

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"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness."(Emerson 8)

This quote perfectly mirrors the tenet "individualism and the goodness of man."

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This poem connects to transcendentalism through the tenets "seeking the truth" and "rejection of society". In the poem Whitman questions the seemingly useless years that he spent throughout his life. He questions the meaning of life and the reason for living with those useless years. He also shows the tenet "rejection of society" when he calls society "cities fill'd with the foolish". This shows the strong feelings that Whitman has towards those who, like him for all of those years, spend their time doing pretty much nothing.

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2B. Dead Poet Society Most Striking Image

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2B. Dead Poet Society Most Striking Image

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"He's planning the rest of
my life for me, and I-- H-He's never
asked me what I want." (Neil to Keeting)

The visual represents the rejection of traditional society, or more specifically, the consequences when someone refuses to reject society.

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The world in this modern age is an endless expanse of overwhelming oceanic movement, the tides of time are ever changing, the ripples of individuality are seemingly insignificant among the myriad of water droplets that make up this ocean. However, in the same way that a humble raindrop causes ripples throughout a pond, how a single bubble can change the entire shape of the ocean, or how a single fish can move up the food chain to eventually end up more important than it had ever known. I declare that I will use my water droplet of a life to make waves throughout the world. I declare that no drop is insignificant, and that even though the world is turbulent and ever-changing, I declare that I will never allow that to destroy my ambition to make waves. I declare that the ripples from one average raindrop can be seen for miles, and I declare that I will use this single raindrop to change the world, even just slightly, and to contribute to making the world a better place.

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All around us, under the golden sun,
As the cities grow, and nature withers,
We ask ourselves, "are we done."
We corrupt the beautiful rivers,
The natural order has been tossed,
How long must we wait,
Until all has been lost?
We look through the concrete cage,
We are but birds, looking, waiting, searching
For a cure to the problems that we wage

We wish to connect with nature,
so we create parks and trails,
But the problems are major
and the fixes do little to tip the scales.
Many fight against the machine
corrupting, eating, consuming
everything that once was green.
While everyone is assuming,
that someone else will become the fix.
We will all be complaining
When our arrogance results in us crossing Styx.

This poem shows the tenets "return to nature" and "rejection of society".

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In this song Bo criticizes traditional establishment and society by satirizing the harmful internet-dependent culture that the over-reliance on the internet has bred within traditional society.

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Humans come from nature when they are born, and when they die they are returned to nature, therefore life is nature.

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Walking through the forest and thinking about nature.

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Looking at the stars to understand nature.

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Appreciating the leaves on a bush.

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8. Difficulties With Living out Transcendental Tenets

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8. Difficulties With Living out Transcendental Tenets

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Humans destroy nature without appreciating its beauty, which goes against the transcendentalist teachings of connection with nature..

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9. Observations Gathered Regarding Transcendentalism 

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9. Observations Gathered Regarding Transcendentalism 

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Nature teaches people to think about life and to connect life to everything around them. With these teachings people are taught to rely on themselves which in turn allows them to become better people who don't disrupt others.

I based my thesis around the tenets "return to nature" and "Individualism".