Bellringer: Share your Proctor as Tragic Hero with a partner. In what ways did each of you see Proctor fulfilling Arthur Miller's definition?
An idealistic
philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in
reaction to rationalism. Influenced by romanticism, it taught that divinity
pervades all nature and humanity progressive views on feminism, slavery,
conformity and communal living. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
were central figures.The
transcendentalists operated with the sense that a new era was at hand. They
were critics of their contemporary society for its unthinking conformity, and
urged that each person find, in Emerson's words, “an original relation to the
universe” (O, 3). Emerson and Thoreau sought this relation in solitude amidst
nature, and in their writing. By the 1840s they, along with other
transcendentalists, were engaged in the social experiments of Brook Farm,
Fruitlands, and Walden; and, by the 1850s in an increasingly urgent critique of
American slavery.
Below are some quotes by Transcendentalist writer, Ralph Walsdo
Emerson. Which one resonates most with
you and why? Do you think that any of
these may have influenced Chris McCandless, who was a big fan of Emerson’s
writing? Why?
All life is an
experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
To be yourself in a world
that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment.
Enthusiasm is the mother
of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Never lose an opportunity
of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
Homework:
10.17.14: Into The Wild (page 22) Rhetorical Analysis
Diction & Connotation Journal
•The first full paragraph on page 22 begins with “During
that final year in Atlanta…”
•The paragraph contains two especially interesting word
pairings: “monkish room” and “military barracks”.
•What are all of the possible connotations of each word
pair, respectively?
•What does Krakauer’s diction in this paragraph help convey about Chris’s
personality?
Type and print a well-developed paragraph response for Monday.
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