Where do you see Emersonian thought in America today?

Reading Assignments
“Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson (see attached documents)
“Young Goodman Brown” and “The Birth Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (see attached documents)
Prompt: Where do you see Emersonian thought in America today? Use specific passages from “Self-Reliance” to identify an “Emersonian thought,” and give an example of how Americans today speak or behave in ways that affirms that thought.
Requirement: Minimum of 200 words
Prompt: Hawthorne does not have a high opinion of man’s desires, tendencies, and abilities. Consider a specific character from one of the Hawthorne stories we read. Is Hawthorne’s presentation of man biblical or not? Use specific passages of Scripture to support your response.
Requirement: Minimum of 200 words

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