Unit Two

1. Theme is the message or a story, writitng, poetry or any written assigment. The standard wants us to anyalize and provided evidence of the theme to show that we understand.



2. In the story Rip van Winkle the parts that I found particularly Romantic was how he slept for 20 years and he thought it was only one night. They also use nature alot in the story to describe the settings like the Kaatskill mountains an the hudson river. Rip van winkle was also a very common person instead of a prince or king like the european stories.

3.The poem was talking about nature, death and imagination. For instance when they were talking being scared of death you should go outside and listen to what mother nature has to say. Also they are talking about common people compared to princes and kings. They talked about when everyone dies the same thing is going to happen to everyone. they also focous on imagination because its talking about mother nature talking to you. The poem refers back to the main themes of romanticism because it reflects to nature and focuses on imagination.When he says " She has a voice of galdness, and a smile." We all know nature can't talk so its focusing on imagination. and "Thou shalt lie down with patiachs of the infant world- with kings, the powerful earth- the wise, the good, fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past,"He was saying no matter who you are nobodys different when they die you are all going to die the same way

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ELAALRL1 The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (i.e., examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (i.e., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.
ELAALRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of American literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding.
ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.

We addressed the above standards by reading rip van winkle and the poem and being able to idetify the the three main themes of Romanticism.

The Transcendentalists.
5. Nature by ralph waldo Emerson
This story is about nature and the world of humans and how they work. I think that the people feel in this story feel that work is the only way to keep every day life going easy. Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson The story Self-Reliance is talking about work and trusting noone was taken so seriously. The story is also talking about the way boys were raised to be men and working to them was a way to show their strength and manhood. "A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best". This is a great example of how much work ment to them.

6. Nature by Ralph Walso Emerson is a good example of Transcendentalism because its talking about nature being in touch with their surroundings. In Self-Reliance I think this is a good example of Transcendentalism because its talking about growing up and being in touch with your mind and aslo the value of hard working.

7. You can apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in the video because he loves being around nature and himself. He uses his hands and hard work to survive in the wilderness alone. Its really peacful there just like in most stories, and he did every thing on his own and he is a commom man. A dirct quote would be ‘‘A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best’’