Romantism

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you into what it wants you to think. Another example is the essay “Walden” by Thoreau. In the essay he had moved away from society into a shelter type house to escape about a mile from the town. He wanted to live his life as simple as he could, so he had nothing but what he felt were the necessities. By doing this he found the divine within himself. You can only find the divine if you are one with yourself and separate from society. Finally there was an exert from “Resistance to civil government” in which Thoreau was thrown in jail for not paying a tax to the state. He was thrown in jail for believing in himself over what society expected of him. This shows a lot of control on Thoreau’s part to be able to go with his gut as you might say. While he was in jail he felt as if it were not punishment but a reward for not paying his tax. He did not have to pay for food, housing or any of the other things that he would have to pay for if he were not in jail. He felt as he was ...

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sees every thing as an individual piece. Yet as he gains wisdom from nature he slowly begins to realize the every thing is connected to one root. As you discover that, your beginning to realize that understanding is a gate way to the divine, and to get knowledge of yourself. And the poem “Water Fowl” by Bryant shows this as well. As he watches a lone bird fly along guided by no physical force he wonders what is steering it in the right direction. As he thinks more deeply about it he finds that it is the divine that steers him right, as it doe the bird. He discovers this from within he sees that he is connected to the bird by some invisible force. This force also keeps him on the ...

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