Ralph Waldo Emerson, a respected philosopher emerged in the late 1830's as the most influential spokesman for American literary nationalism. (Prentice Hall, 273) As the leading light of the Transcendentalism movement, an American offshoot of Romanticism, "Self-Reliance" by Emerson seemed tame and innocent, however it constitutes "uncivilized free and wild thinking" by focusing all one's attention towards human spirit and discovering that human spirit is reflected in nature. Throughout "Self-Reliance", Emerson uses the elements of literature; diction, syntax, symbolism, imagery and tone that creates "uncivilized free and wild thinking."

Emerson believes these elements, nature and human surrounding, are central to the presumption of how the individual would react. "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its member." Man would conceive that Emerson believed that the individual felt they should explore nature thoroughly, then the individual will come to their senses, know who they are, and get well aquatinted with nature. This will assist the individual to discover the human soul and intuition, which will be a reflection period for nature and the indiv

ng time period, to be successful, one has to be unique and misunderstood by others. Emerson was trying to point out that "Pythagoras ... and Newton", each on of these brilliant individuals, nonconformist, disagreed and rejected the doctrine of an established faith or church. The message is, if one who lives a good life, does not need to attend church or do rituals or follow what everyone is doing or thinking, but the human spirit is reflected and discovered when one is following their gut feeling.

ative language not only represents the idea of analyzing, but questioning the world. The general point that Emerson determines that educated individual enjoy no special advantages in finding or pursuing truth, but the common mans want to find a deeper meaning in God, nature, and humanity. This is possible if the individual can glimpse the truth only if they followed their intuition. The symbolism of each individual being "capitulate to badges and name, to large societies and institutions", allow ourselves to be labeled, affected, and persuaded by others when an individual should listen to themselves more often. The image Emerson created when individuals are "capitulate to badges and name", one surrenders their ideas and opini

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