https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2019-04-08 23:09:00 UTC 2019-04-10 13:37:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/349736525 I am not extremely familiar with the works of Emerson, Thoreau and Fuller. I am very excited to get to familiarize myself with their writings. I am most excited to learn about intuition. I think that intuition is so important in knowing who you are and the world around you so I am eager to see how each of the three writers portray it. The writer I would like to learn most about is Fuller.]]> 2019-04-08 23:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/349736525 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350037009 I found Emerson's views of nature very interesting. A quote that stood out to me the most was "The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the hear of the child" (Emerson). Here, Emerson is explaining that only children can see nature for the beauty that it really is, while adults only slightly see the surface.]]> 2019-04-09 17:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350037009 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350059793 Emerson gives us a really good idea of individualism here. He writes about how important it it to stay true to oneself. Emerson writes, "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string". He also explains why it is best to not conform to societal norms.]]> 2019-04-09 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350059793 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350081887 The biggest thing that I got from "Economy" was that it is not okay to live beyond your means. Living a life that requires too much work just to be able to afford things that you do not need out of necessity will cost you precious time that you could be spending with your friends or family.]]> 2019-04-09 18:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350081887 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350090971 I believe Thoreau takes a very philosophical approach with this reading. He talks about a place he physically lived, by a quiet lake, as well as what he was actually living for. It seems like Thoreau's main goal in this writing was to tell readers that they can create their own world, much like he does.]]> 2019-04-09 18:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350090971 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350108305 Margaret Fuller was such an inspiration! Her stories of basically demanding equal rights for women should inspire women all over the world to take on anything they desire. The most interesting part of this short story was how she compared the treatment of women as slaves by saying, "And knowing that there exists, in the world of men, a tone of feeling towards women as slaves" (Fuller). She also dives deep in saying women deserve equal rights such as being able to vote. ]]> 2019-04-09 19:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350108305 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350108813 Margaret Fuller's use of imagery in Chapter Three of "Summer on the Lakes" is amazing. She starts the chapter by getting you to imagine like you are right beside her, seeing the "grass of the lawn, with a profusion of wild strawberries" (Fuller). She continues to talk about the places she had been, people she had met and all of the things that took place in the Summer of 1843.]]> 2019-04-09 19:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350108813 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350109011 I think I have learned so much about intuition from Emerson. My favorite reading so far was "Self-Reliance" because it really makes you question who you really are. I still want to learn more about Margaret Fuller and her admirable stance on Women's Equalit]]> 2019-04-09 19:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350109011 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350330977 In "Leila", Margaret Fuller is speaking of what some would consider her alter ego. She explains Leila as being creative and divine, as well as strong and fearless. To me, this is Fuller's way of telling women everywhere that we are powerful and fearless too, we just have to dig deep and find it. Fuller exemplifies the power of herself and Leila by writing, "Leila bursts up again in the fire. She greets the sweet moon with a smile so haughty, that the heavenly sky grows timid". ]]> 2019-04-10 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350330977 shelbier95 https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350331122 I think I fully achieved my goal of better understanding intuition. Intuition is a powerful thing and we all have it in us, sometimes it just takes a little digging within ourselves to bring it out. I learned that it is important to enjoy the things around you, to live in the moment and to not spend your whole life working to buy material things. I learned that as a woman, it is important to recognize my power and to use it to do good in the world. The values expressed shape America's thinking because we deal with things like the economy and equality every day.

My test question is this: Referring back to "Economy", do you agree with Thoreau and believe that you shouldn't work your whole life away in order to obtain things? Now refer back to the early explorers and settlers that we learned about in the beginning of the semester. Many of them thought hard work was the only way to gain success, do you agree with this view more? Do you find the two beliefs to be contradictory to what an American really is?]]> 2019-04-10 13:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shelbier95/zqe5tod0nzg2/wish/350331122