Analyzing Ralph Waldo Emerson's Speech The American Scholar

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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the speech called “The American Scholar.” Emerson told this speech to the members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. In his speech he told the members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society that they are a unique group of people. They are not like the other people that they see every day. Emerson told the difference from them and the athletics and told the different from them and the rest of the static quo. The members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society were the future of America. No longer does the people have to look on its European past. Now we America can use other America as their inspiration and their source. The Phi Beta Kappa members will be the group of people hat everyone will look up to and seek guidance from. …show more content…
The one man wanted people to work together completing each task that he are she was given and work make sure that work can function properly. However when the people see how society is working they can see that it is no bring good serves to its citizens. The scholar is part of the society, the scholar are now known as “ a mere thinker” a problem that Emerson hope to fix and change on how a scholar is seen and change the scholar that society brought and change them into “true scholar” a person who is educated and does the duties of scholar. Emerson also talked about how a scholar should be educated. The nature of a teacher is to observe the thing on in the world; to see the similarities of a person mind and their nature. Emerson talked about how the mind and nature are both endless, they go on forever. The mind holds infinite amount of facts, and categories them and then contrasts and divide them. Nature is easier to understand because it is similar to the activities of the brain. The nature and the soul are known as “one root” which mirror each