Choose a topic and short an essay (3-5 paragraph) regarding "Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must use one or two quotes from the essay to help explain your point
Topics:
1. Explain a time when you went against the crowd. Why did you decide to do so? How did it make you feel? What was the result? What did you learn from the experience?
2. Describe a time when your were pressured to do something you didn't want to do or feel was right (By friends, parents, teachers, etc.). Why did you make that decision? What did you learn from the experience? How would you do it differently next time?
3. Do you agree or disagree with Emerson's assertion that "to be great is to be misunderstood?"
4. Do you think you could follow the ideals of "Self Reliance"? Or are they only a dream that is not possible to achieve in our modern society?
Due Monday 1/14/13
