the mid 1800's. Her father along with the rest of the family had

become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against that and

reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected

the traditional views in life and adopted the new transcendental

outlook. Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in,

before the transcendental period was the epicenter of religious

practice. Founded by the puritans, the feeling of the avenging had

never left the people. After all of the "Great Awakenings" and

religious revivals the people of New England began to question the

old ways. What used to be the focal point of all lives was now under

speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new

meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that

answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when

he said, "Whoso would be a [hu]man, must be a non-conformist." Emily

Dickinson believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young

she was brought up by a stern and austere father. In her childhood

she was shy and already different from the others.

Emily clearly states that nature is her source of guidance and she

be understood. Has it feet like water-lilies? Has it feathers like a

Dickinson children, male or female, Emily was sent for formal

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