Emerson, He is a complex individual with strong beliefs. Emerson had his own perception of what was right or wrong, and you were either with him or you weren't. I found his essay on nature hard to understand , and what I did understand, I did not totally agree with. Emerson believed the world was made for us and that the world works for us. This is true to an extent, but man has abused the earth in many ways, and that is why we are facing some of the great scientific issues we are facing today.
The world may have been made for us, but not for us (man) to abuse. I do not believe the world " Works for us". We should be working to preserve the earth for future generations. Nature is a beautiful thing when it is uncorrupted by man, and man can make nature beautiful with enhancements. Man can plant trees and do landscaping.
I also noticed Emerson's style of writing is similar to Whitman. Some what complex, and complicated. Like Whitman, Emerson forces you to think about what he is saying to the point where you find your self re- reading the same lines over and over again, trying to figure out what he wants you to take away from the sentence. In other words I had trouble getting through "Nature"and wonder whether what Emerson is saying could not have been said more clearly.
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