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This shows the chaos of life in this generation of "hustlers," so determined to achieve they can't focus on Transcendentalism or the important things in life.

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8. Challenges to living Transcendentalism

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8. Challenges to living Transcendentalism

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An example of Alyssa and her friend Kayla being individual and unapologetically themselves running into the ocean with clothes, becoming one with nature.

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An example of Alyssa following the transcendental focus on a connection to nature while climbing the trees of a forest.

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Alyssa living out her transcendentalism life, focusing on a life connected to nature and simplicity, while learning the truth about German ruins.

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This image shows individuality and living life to the fullest, transcending past trivial things and society in order to live in touch with the soul and nature.

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It is important to trust in yourself and have self-reliance in order to live a happy fufilled life.

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Thesis: "The tenets of transcendentalism can teach people how to model the tranquility of nature in order to connect with their souls and become self-reliant independent, individuals capable of positively contributing ideals to society of how to lead a happy fulfilled life."
Quotes:
"Nature teaches people to keep their minds open to influence by always being kind and forgiving in its beauty. "
"In order to believe in the good in the world you must be an independent thinker and not believe in society's beliefs of importance on commercial affairs and superficial things with age. "
"Nature teaches what the world and society cannot, the importance of inner connection with one's soul achieved through the tranquility and peace of nature."

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The song, "This is Me," from the Greatest Showman embodies the tenets of Transcendentalism with the main message of individuality and  self-expression.

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5. Modern Day Example of Transcendentalism

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5. Modern Day Example of Transcendentalism

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The little sunflower is weighed down by society but if she follows the path of individuality and innocence she will have sunlight again.

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Growing like a weed, so young and so innocent and sweet
So beautiful and bright, one day you'll be a rose
You wanted so bad for them to be your sun, to help you grow
they told you you were beautiful, they watered your confidence and watched as it grew and grew
but time passed and sunflowers turned into carnations; acting as a gift in exchange for all the tears they caused
the world was no longer your sun, but rather your poison
days became sleepless, meaningless nights, and my little sunflower started to whiter, so lost and in need of escape

Only under the stars of the night sky, waves of the ocean crashing, and feeling your toes in the grass is there a calm
All-consuming tranquility and peace to quiet the storm
Serenity, all alone with nothing but your thoughts in solitude
The world is not your enemy; rather your mind, little flower
Society is dark, every flower wants to be more beautiful than the last, it will try to keep you down in the dark without sun
Only when you think for yourself and learn to stand by and for yourself can you battle the brave new world
Remember it's all for her, the little flower, so unapologetic

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Both the movie and the poem made me question the way I see life. The poem specifically made me wonder what humans' purpose is and what can be done to make life meaningful. This question is followed up by the Movie making me want to emphasize leading a life you want to lead. At the end of the day, what if Neil listened to his heart and didn't care about society's pressures or his dad? Would he still be alive and should his death act as a cautionary tale to show the importance of leading the life you want, in order to truly be happy in life?

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My verse doesn't need to be something big. I don't strive to change the world, cure cancer, or leave this huge legacy. For as long as I am on this earth I want to spark joy. I want to make people happy. I want to be the reason someone smiles. The person that always feels like home; safe even when the world isn't. I want to wrap the world in my warmth and love. To let the people I love know I am always there for them no matter what. My goal is a simple one, be a light in a harsh often unforgiving world.

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This image connects to "a return to nature and simplicity" being essential to Transcendentalism as Neil looks out into nature to connect with his soul.

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The image shows someone breaking the chains of society's conformity embodying transcendentalism individualism and non-conformity.

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"These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs." - Emerson, Self-Reliance

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The image connects to transcendentalism because it shows how there is beauty in all things; even death to seek the truth and goodness of man and life.

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"There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful. And the stimulus it affords to the sense, and a sort of infinitude which it hath, like space and time, make all matter gay. Even the corpse has its own beauty."- Thoreau, Beauty

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The image shows transcendentalism because childlike innocence always people to connect w nature on a deeper level and reject society's standards.

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"The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows." - Thoreau, Nature

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The image shows transcendentalism because Thoreau expresses the importance of walking and becoming one with nature going, "back to simplicity."

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"I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that." -Thoreau, Walking

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The image shows a secluded cabin in the woods connecting to Transcendentalism by a  return to simplicity and solitude to connect with one's soul.

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1A. Walden- "Where I lived and What I lived for"

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1A. 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."- Walden, Where I lived and What I lived for