Is it Possible to Be a Transcendentalist in our Modern World?

Do more research, watch more clips on YouTube about Julia Butterly Hill (this is the one we started), OR research someone completely different that you think reflects Transcendentalism. Then, defend your position using the additional information you discovered.

Paradoxes within Thoreau's mind

Choose one of these quotes to explain the truth with the paradox:

"I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was" (251).

OR

"I felt as if I alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax" (251).

Looking over pp. 138-150, list 2 quotes, then explain how they represent Thoreau's influence from Romanticism.

What is fundamentally Romantic about Walden?

After reading "from Letter from Birmingham City Jail"...

How do Thoreau's and Dr. King's views relate? Choose a quote from Dr. King and explain its connection to Thoreau's ideals in spending time at Walden Pond.

Who Influenced Modern Society Most? Puritans, Rationalists, or Romanticists?

As we dive into American time periods with distinct paradigms and paradoxes, we are noting motifs that reveal themes.Choose one time period we've studied so far: Puritans, Rationalism/Enlightenment, or Romanticism and write a paragraph that starts with a focused topic sentence arguing how this time period is the most influential on modern time and WHY. Then, using the Rule of 3 (but without quotes), discuss why you think this is true. You can discuss literature we read: play, poems, short stories, essays...to help you formulate your ideas as well as give proof for why you feel the way you do.

You could use the simple topic sentence format....Puritans influence modern society today because of...
--OR--you could use a dependent clause with an independent clause....Despite------, Puritans do not influence modern society as strongly as _____ because of____.

This is due on Friday for Mrs. Davis' class. Please start your paragraph with: Davis--Amanda H.