My essay, Becoming a Christian, was the first essay of this nine weeks. I was suppose to write about a personal memoir and use three different types of brushstrokes. In the Nature Essay, I was suppose to agree or disagree with Emerson and Thoreau idea's of Transcendentalism. In the Becoming a Christian, it was the first essay i had written for Mrs. Turner's class. I wrote about my experience of letting Jesus into my heart. In the essay I had to use three different brushstrokes. Using the brushstrokes helped me a lot because it taught me how to make my writing more interesting and enjoyable to read. The Nature Essay, was the last essay I wrote for Mrs. Turner this nine weeks. I was suppose to use a nature experience and compare it to Transcendentalism. As I wrote this essay, the whole writing process became easier for me. In this writing experience I have learned how to use breath stokes, how to write a thesis statement, and how to write a well rounded essay.
I used a lot of being verbs in my Becoming a Christian essay. In the first sentence of the second paragraph, I revised my being verbs. I had to go back through my essay and eliminated as many being verbs as possible. I also had to go back and look for comma errors. In the Nature Essay, I didn't capitalized a lot of my "i's" so I had to go back through my essay and recapitalize them. I was told to talk more about Emerson and Thoreau in the introduction and conclusion. So in the intordcution I revised my first sentence and talked about the main idea of Transcendentalism. I talked about more ideas of Trancendentalism in the conclusion to connect the whole essay together.
I love to read Hannah's writing. She uses amazing brush strokes and she gives so much detail. The reader feels they are right there with them. Morgan used a lot of discriptions, in her Elevate essay. I struggle with being discripted and Morgan appealed to my senses so well. In Kacie's Nature Essay she grapped the readers attention from the start. Her introduction was really strong along with her whole essay.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Nature Essay
Transcendentalism is the idea that everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Dave Thoreau believed and lived out Transcendentalism. They also believed that people could use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls. Four major examples of transcendentalism are nonconformity, self-reliance, free thought, confidence, and importance of nature.
In Henry David Thoreau's autobiographical story, Life in the Woods, he states that some of his most pleasantest hours were during the long rainstorms in the spring or fall, that confined him to the his house for the afternoon. When walking on the beach the only thing surrounding me is the waves crashing, my feet crunching in the sand, and the wind in my hair. "Soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting; when an early twilight ushered in a long evening in which many thoughts had time to take root and unfold themselves" (Thoreau, 238). It's something about the waves crashing into the shore that soothes me; it takes away my worries and fears. In these times I can think my best because i let myself go and the technology of this world isn't distracting me anymore. Each time I take a walk on the beach I feel a different way. "Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece" (Emerson, 220). Sometimes the sun is bright and the birds are playing and i just can't help but laugh. And other times the sun is hidden beneath the dark clouds and the rain starts to fall to the ground and i get a rather lonely feeling. When walking on the beach I am self-reliant. I feel as if all the problems are washed away and I become confident. I might start skipping down the beach or spinning in circles, not caring what people walking by think.
The beach has so many examples of transcendentalism for me, but you can find them anywhere. Emerson and Thoreau wanted to show the world that people could use their intuition to behold God's spirit; revealed in nature or in their own souls. You can find examples looking out at your backyard or driving to school. We let the bigger, non-important things in life distract us from the small, important things.
In Henry David Thoreau's autobiographical story, Life in the Woods, he states that some of his most pleasantest hours were during the long rainstorms in the spring or fall, that confined him to the his house for the afternoon. When walking on the beach the only thing surrounding me is the waves crashing, my feet crunching in the sand, and the wind in my hair. "Soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting; when an early twilight ushered in a long evening in which many thoughts had time to take root and unfold themselves" (Thoreau, 238). It's something about the waves crashing into the shore that soothes me; it takes away my worries and fears. In these times I can think my best because i let myself go and the technology of this world isn't distracting me anymore. Each time I take a walk on the beach I feel a different way. "Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece" (Emerson, 220). Sometimes the sun is bright and the birds are playing and i just can't help but laugh. And other times the sun is hidden beneath the dark clouds and the rain starts to fall to the ground and i get a rather lonely feeling. When walking on the beach I am self-reliant. I feel as if all the problems are washed away and I become confident. I might start skipping down the beach or spinning in circles, not caring what people walking by think.
The beach has so many examples of transcendentalism for me, but you can find them anywhere. Emerson and Thoreau wanted to show the world that people could use their intuition to behold God's spirit; revealed in nature or in their own souls. You can find examples looking out at your backyard or driving to school. We let the bigger, non-important things in life distract us from the small, important things.
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