Essential Questions Related to Transcendentalism
Choose one of these questions to reply to in a comment. Make sure you indicate which question you are choosing.
1. Do you agree or disagree with this statement, "Good men must not obey the laws too well?" Why?
2. How can studying the world of nature reveal anything about the human spirit?
3. Do you agree or disagree with this statement, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist?" Why?
4. Why is it important to challenge an author's assertions? Why is it important to challenge any text that you read?
posted by English11Scholarzone at 3/01/2006 01:16:00 PM
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1:21 PM
I am answering question number three. I agree with the statement, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist," because to be truly yourself you must not conform. In most cases the only way you become inherently aware of yourself, is when you are different from what you are surrounded by. You must not conform, because as you mature you become more comfortable with yourself.
1:26 PM
Well, I will be answering question number one. I do agree with the statement "a good man must not obey the laws too well." I agree with this statement simply because of past events dating back even to the Bible days. No man has obeyed every single law too well. So the question arises can a man obey the laws well? Hmm...
3:38 PM
I'm answering question one.
I agree with the statement, "Good men must not obey the laws too well." The reason I agree with this statement is because laws are not always right. Therefore, in order to truely be a good person you must follow morals and not neccessarily laws
3:39 PM
It is important to chalenge an author's assertions because it will make understanding the story or literary work easier. Chalenging the text that you read beacuse it gives you a chance to advance your thinking process and broaden your ways of thinking.
3:48 PM
I am answering question #2. I think that it can reveal something about the human spirit because it shows that nature and man have more in common than we really think. It shows the dreams that's deep inside nature and man. It also shows that we both have problems but we show our true beauty anyway.
4:05 PM
I am answering question #2. I think that it can reveal something about the human spirit because it shows that nature and man have more in common than we really think. It shows the dreams that's deep inside nature and man. It also shows that we both have problems but we show our true beauty anyway.
4:07 PM
I am answering number one. I agree with the statement "a good man must not obey all the laws too well." If u think about it this way, do u obey all the laws, does anyone obey all laws. Are u a good man/woman. Than what would ur answer be to this question. It really depends on the person.
7:37 PM
I am answering question number one. I believe the statement "a good man must not obey the laws too well." I agree with this statement because a good man is not judged by his character and whether he obeys every law given to him. A good man is one his has good traits and is good on the inside because thats what counts....
9:40 PM
I choose question 2. I think nature reveals human spirit because nature is our environment and our environment is part of who we our and by that it reveals our human spirit. We live in nature and the power of nature brings out who we are and what we want to accomplish within ourselves.
Sierra Anderson
9:41 PM
My response is for question number 2. Studying nature can reveal lots of things about the human spirit because the way we treat nature refelcts on our spirit. For instance if you do nothing but be disrespectful to nature's precious resources then your spirit is probaly a greedy tattered soul trying to make it through life. So in other words the way we treat nature shows our character in life, that's how strong the bond is between humans and nature.
10:15 PM
question #3 i.h.
I agree with the statment " whoso would be a man must be a nonconfor-mist because it takes a strong preson to step outside the box. I believe if a person is willing to stand alone for he believes then he must be a man. It take a confindent individual to be himself when others our not. No matter what other our doing or think. There for to me I think this kind of person could not be considered anything less than a man
11:27 AM
#1
America is based on lies. When the laws were made they were supposed to be created equally for all men, but they are not. They are made for upperclass white people. A good man recognizes biasness and would not follow the laws if they were not equal. A good man wouldn't jeoprodize his name or beliefs just to go along with what the government says they should do.
12:10 PM
I believe that all good men must not obey the laws too well, because if all men obeyed the laws perfectly than no man would be good. No man would take risks which in that order make all men regular and not great or good men.
12:14 PM
1. I agree with this statement because is it really required for a person to follow every law exactly to be considered "good"
3. i agree with this because to be a man you need to follow your own spirit, intuition, and heart not anyone else's.
12:19 PM
I chose question number 2
Studying nature can reveal things about the human spirit because it can show how connected you are about perserving it. Nature can reveal inner emotions you may not have been feeling and it can make you realize problems or positive things tht are happening in your life. Overall nature just helps the soul reflect on itself.
12:42 PM
I will be answering question number 4. I think that it is important to challenge the text with anything that you read because it helps you to better understand the story. It also helps you to identify problems and gaps. Instead of just reading the story you can really think about the story and understand.
2:03 PM
Janay B.
Reguarding quest. one, i agree because if everyone followed the rules perfectly, then there would be no such thing as problems which means no such thing as resolution, which means no such thing as happiness from resolving your problem(s). Even if there were a such thing as problems, the no one would break the rules in order to fight against the ineaqualities and there would be no such thing as the Civil Rights Movement and things of that nature.
3:29 PM
I am answering question four. I think it is important to challange an author's assertions and any text, because it will help you have a better understanding of what you read. It will also help view the text in a different way.
C.George
8:20 PM
I am answering question #1. I disagree with the statement because a good man can only be good if he upholds his duties. If he can't fully follow the law then he is not a "good man". You should be able to handle responsibilities and remain within the law.
9:19 PM
I'm answering number one. I believe that what that quote is trying 2 say is that a man who always obey the laws and is always good don't have to obey them all the time.
10:22 AM
It is important to challenge the author's assertion because if you don't understand what the authors' trying to say, than it would be in great help to test the author's motives.
Its important to carefully read the text because something might be misunderstanding to u that u need to reread to get a clear menaing.
11:32 AM
I am answering question #4. I think it is important to chalenge an author's assertions because you have to be able to identify if what byou are reading is the truth, an author's opinion, fiction, etc. It is important to challenge any text that you read in order to grasp a good understanding of what you read.
11:57 AM
I am choosing question number 4.
Q.Y is it important to challenge an author's assertions? Why is it important to challenge any text that you read?
A: It is important to challenge an author's assertions because if you just go along with what otherpeople think or believe then you have no thoughts or beliefs of your own to compare good literature to. You cannot interpret what someone else was thinking when they wrote their own thoughts on paper, that's why u have to challenge what was written and conform it to what u believe it to be.
11:56 AM
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