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“Self-Reliance”

“Self-Reliance”. Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist. How would you classify this type of writing? What is it? What modern comparisons might we be able to make?. In Your Notebooks…. Comment on one of the following statements:

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“Self-Reliance”

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  1. “Self-Reliance” Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist

  2. How would you classify this type of writing? What is it? What modern comparisons might we be able to make?

  3. In Your Notebooks… • Comment on one of the following statements: • “There is a time in every man’s life when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.” • “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.” • What does he mean? Do you agree? How/where might you see evidence of this in our world?

  4. “Trust thyself” • Duh. But why would he feel the need to say this? • Why should we trust ourselves? How do we know we’re not wrong? • What on earth is a hobgoblin? And why does he hate consistency? • What if we’re misunderstood?

  5. “Societ never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on another. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is Christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts…The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.” ?????????

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