It’s National Apple Cider
Day!
Wednesday,
November 18
Finish up Whitman & quick review of
Transcendentalism—final quiz tomorrow: all multiple
choice. 28 questions.
• Basic tenets of Transcendentalism
• Emerson’s “Self Reliance”
• Main idea—Be a nonconformist
• Key passages—imitation, trust thyself, being misunderstood
• Thoreau’s Walden
• Main idea—I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately
• Key passages—simplicity, following your own path
• Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”
• Main idea—It is your responsibility as a human being to break unjust laws
• Key passages—serving the gov’t, acorn/chestnut
• Whitman’s “Song of Myself”
• Free verse
• Key passages—YAWP, life cycle, return to nature
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