monday 24 assingnment (1 month till my b-day jea)

for an inpenetrable shield, stand inside yourself
this refers not to a physical shield but to a shield that will protect you from people that want to change your ways or that are dissin you in any way but as long as you are within yourself and hang on to your own principles you will be fine


i sould be pleased to meet a man in the woods. i wish he were to be encountered like wild cribous and moose
i guess that what this means is that he wouldnt mind encountering a human being in the woods as long ir it was a rare encounter such as the ones you have with moose and animals like that.....

oh by the way what in hell does brobdingnag means???????

1000 word paper

i will write about the comparison between Ben Franklin and Though and Emerson.

i had not lived there a week before my wore a path from my door to the pond side:

he tells how men are so used to following paths, even if they are not antique and significant, and that they linger for long time as he says that the path was still there six years after he left and that some other people might have followed it eventhough it wasnt their own.



moreover if you are restricted in your range by poberty, if you cannot buy books and newspapers, for instance, you are but confided to the most significant and vital experiences:

newspapers and books contain other peoples ideas therefore going against Ralph's principles, and then you cant do anything but work your own stuff.

where i lived and what i lived for....

the morning which is the mos memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour: this quote tells us that mornign is the most important part of the day, because if we start of with good bives we might acomplish some intelectual things during the day.

men think that it is essencial that the land has commerce: he is saying that we need commerce because it is something masses do and we can really just stay home and mind our own buissines, and that we really dont need anything else than a little farm to grow our own food and live by ourselves.

quotes from self reliance

imitation is sucicide: this quote states that f we imitate anyone we are killing our own ideas, therefore killing ourselves because we are alive while being original, and by expresing our own ideas.

what have i to do with the sascredness of traditions if i live wholy from within?: this states again that a man doesnt need the state, that he can be homself and follow his or her own beliefs without the need of society telling them what to do.

ralf waldo emerson 4 questions...

1)imitation is suicide: this means that by imtating another person you are killing your own ideas and principles.

2)What have i to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I livo wholly from within?: why do you need to follow everyones religion if you have your own set of ideas that are reasonable to you?

3)I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me: your ideas acompany you, so your thoughts are like beings therefore keeping you company.

4)Stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccesible: unreachable things are the things people seek the most.