paper 3

2. Journal Paper. This paper will be comprised of 4 – 6 journal entries. These entries should be written “in the field” and then brought back indoors, typed up, and edited.

The purpose of this paper is to combine close observation of our natural world with some reflections on your world. The goal is to observe and describe some of the natural world around the Proctor campus while mirroring Thoreau’s journals.

- record any observations of nature
- write how you or people "should" live to improve their lives – reflections on society
- explore what happens to you & your thoughts when you slow down
- digress and let your mind wander

Requirements: You need to include FOUR specific elements of nature in DETAIL. This might be the wind, the light, a type of bug, the look of a group of trees, the signs of autumn, a close up description of a spot in the woods. This shows your ability to “see” closely. Use sensory details. Also, include FOUR thoughts on society, your life, human nature.

emily dickinson

i would not call emily dickinson a transendentalist although she shows a few qualitys such as the mention of nature in a few poems it is not for nature but against she is more for the material things she says "i dreaded that first robin so, but he is mastered now, and i'm accustomed to him grown, he hurts a little though this isnt so much about the robin but what it symbolises which is the coming of winter which emily dickinson obviuosly didnt like but emmerson would look at winter as a challenge and a chance to better yourself. she also hates bees where as emmerson loves all life

paper topic 2

3. Look closely at either “Young Goodman Brown” or “The Minister’s Black Veil” and identify the dominant tone (the author’s attitude) of the short story. Then set about answering how Hawthorne goes about achieving this tone. When writing this paper, you may find it helpful to discuss literary devices and techniques such as foreshadowing, irony, figurative language, narrative pace, etc. Please include a number of quotations to back up your answer.

the minister's black vail

1)such was the effect of this simple piece of crape, that more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house. yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost as fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them.
i really likr this short couple of sentances because it shows how such a simple thinng such as a black veil can have such a big effect.

2)"i cant really feel as if good Mr. Hooper's face was behind that piece of crape," said the sexton
this shows how a simple covering of the face can change how you are persevied by other people and that people think it is somebody else who has inhabited your body almost.