https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77 AP LANG - Living Transcendentally en-us 2019-10-10 18:03:06 UTC 2024-11-26 06:42:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/397131840 "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." This visual of a cabin in the woods represents Thoreau's goal of "living deliberately" because of its isolation from any of the worldly engagements involved in today's society. By being away from the materialistic world, one is able to connect with his inner self in the presence of nature in order to live life to the fullest and with meaning.]]> 2019-10-13 16:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/397131840 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/397135112 The most striking element of Dead Poets Society was when Mr. Keating's students stood on their desks to support him one last time before he permanently left the school, despite the risk of getting expelled hence Mr. Nolan's angry response at their actions. The students rising above the conformity of the school system illustrates the effect Mr.Keating had on the students during his time as a teacher. It demonstrates their newly gained ability to find their voices and defend their beliefs, due to Mr. Keating's inspiration. This relates to Walt Whitman's poem Walking because Mr.Keating contributed his verse by inspiring the students to rise above the traditional customs and gain a new perspective of the society they live in.]]> 2019-10-13 16:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/397135112 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398383873  Before reading the poem, I believed that to live with purpose, an individual must strive for personal growth through isolation from the materialistic world. However, after reading the poem I believe that living with purpose should benefit the individual and the society as a whole. Rather than only striving for personal growth, we should strive to make the world a better place, a place where we don’t have to isolate ourselves in order to grow and connect with our inner selves. The film Dead Poets Society conveys this theme of serving a purpose in the community through Mr. Keating, the literature teacher at Walten. Mr. Keating teaches his students through the power of poetry to find their voice and defend their beliefs even if they do not conform to society’s beliefs. ]]> 2019-10-16 10:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398383873 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398389014 Through the course of my entire life, I aspire to be an advocate for younger children and adolescents, most likely in the form of a pediatrician. I believe that doctors should not only provide physical health care, but mental and emotional care as well, and should serve as a trustworthy adult that could tend to their troubles. I will be the nature to their souls, healing it and mending it to be the least troubled that it can be. I will seize every single day to ensure the care of every young person of the generation, because attention and care is what our society needs, regarding the ignorant and careless generations. ]]> 2019-10-16 11:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398389014 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398398058 The children's book The Giving Tree represents the tenet of transcendentalism in which society and its institutions corrupt an individual's connection with nature. This is conveyed in the book through the way the boy grows up to take advantage of the tree and use it for his personal use to make money off of it, rather than use it as a tranquil place to go to like he used to as a young boy.]]> 2019-10-16 11:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398398058 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398410788 #intranquilitywelive represents the tranquil, peaceful, and strife-free characteristics of nature]]> 2019-10-16 12:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398410788 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398412374 Living transcendentally at the beach watching the seagulls soar high over the water, hearing the waves splash as they hit the rocky shore, and feeling the cool breeze against my face.]]> 2019-10-16 12:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398412374 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398414031 Living transcendentally by walking up a hill to watch the cotton-pink and purple sunset with the palm trees swaying in the background and feeling the nice breeze and breathing the fresh air.]]> 2019-10-16 12:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398414031 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398414307 Living transcendentally by sitting on a rock at the top of a hill at a park, listening to the rustling leaves on the tree, and feeling the sun rays warm my skin in the cold autumn breeze.]]> 2019-10-16 12:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398414307 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398431809 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-IPTxae-d6C8UmtER2j9TajZ5Xe4OPeDFoIjCZGfiP4/edit?usp=sharing

Henry David Thoreau is a representation of an independent thinker who positively contributed to society by sharing his transcendental beliefs and inspiring new generations to get in touch with nature. ]]> 2019-10-16 13:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398431809 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398435012 The biggest challenge that prevents modern generations from living transcendentally is society and its institutions as a whole. Ever since the industrial revolution, priorities shifted from philosophical and religious thought to political and economic ideologies.]]> 2019-10-16 13:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398435012 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398442161 "To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society". This photo of the starry night represents this quote because Emerson suggests looking at the stars rather than staying indoors because you are not truly in solitude indoors, even if you are not in the presence of anyone else. Emerson also suggests that admiring the beauty of nature requires complete solitude so that we can adore every aspect of its beauty. ]]> 2019-10-16 13:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398442161 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398452719 "But beauty in nature is not ultimate. It is the herald of inward and eternal beauty, and is not alone a solid and satisfactory good. It must stand as a part, and not as yet the last or highest expression of the final cause of Nature." This picture represents Emerson's claim due to its inexplicable beauty. It proves that Nature is the ultimate beauty to exist, and that the standards of beauty that man has in modern society are based on the level of beauty of nature.]]> 2019-10-16 13:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398452719 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398459944 "And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark." This photo represents Emerson's interpretation of self-reliance, which is that men must be "redeemers" and that men should push themselves and trust themselves in order to reach success independently. ]]> 2019-10-16 13:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398459944 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398474337 "If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again- if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free man - then you are ready for a walk." This long narrow road where you can't see too far ahead represents Thoreau's quote because the "walk" that he speaks about represents a new chapter of life. Once you are ready to leave everything behind, then you will be able to start a new chapter of life, which includes not knowing what the future holds for you.]]> 2019-10-16 14:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398474337 3363641 https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398495206 Who says
That I cannot move mountains
Who says
That I cannot pursue my interests
The Knowledge coursing
The Perseverance hastening
I obtain and I pursue
I am not an invalid
Nor am I a coward
Self Reliant; Self Sufficient

Like plants are to sunlight,
My brain is to knowledge
Like trees are to strength,
My mind is to perseverance
Like flowers are to sugar,
My life is to success
Who says
That we are not to be like Nature
Self Sufficient
Self Reliant

This visual of a growing brain represents self-reliance in comparison to nature. Plants in nature are self sufficient through the processes of photosynthesis, which is compared to how men should be self sufficient and reliant on their knowledge, just as plants are reliant on their own systems.]]> 2019-10-16 14:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3363641/nujnzvalna77/wish/398495206