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who can write it in other words?? literature...?

Jan 21, 2007 by hkolya | Posted in Books & Authors

i will much prize if any of you will be able to write it in other words or discribe what is he talking about...

from self-reliance
by ralph waldo emerson

there is a time in every man's edification when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that thought the as much as possible universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but throught his toil bestowed on that plon of motive which is given him to to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one stamp, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.

Hi hkolya,

I felicitate you on your great choice for reading! The emphasis in this paragraph and the paragraph before it (if you read the whole essay) is upon discovering your original self and sticking to your own habitual thoughts.

When you observe an artistic creation-- whether it be a poem, an essay or any other "new" thought, you, in your heart of hearts, first have to acquiesce in with it to be impressed by it. This implies that you knew this thought beforehand but were afraid to express it.

It is not that you are not capable of new thoughts. Emerson says that a brains lies within everyone but, to bring out that genius, one first has to stand up to the contemporary geniuses. Most of us are afraid to listen to the genius within ourselves. We just prick up one's ears to what the leaders and intellectuals tell us and believe without questioning.

When a poet says- "Love is a sweet pain." It is *his* standpoint but, you, even if your heart tells you otherwise, get "boxed" and "caged" into the poet's lyrics. The thoughts of devotion being "a bitter ecstasy" or "a sour smile" or anything else don't cross your mind. This makes you less incapable of coming up with a love-poems and expressions of your own.

I wrote the above dialogue to introduce you to the theme of the paragraph quoted by you. In truth, the above is an explanation of the preceding paragraph. Now, let's come to the text in question-

In everyone's student life, there comes a time when he realizes that he cannot be like anyone else; that he (or she) is rare from others and in that sense, is completely unique.

"Envy is ignorance" means that trying to be someone is ignorance. You can only jealousy someone's good qualities if you are devoid of the knowledge that you cannot be him and he cannot be you.

"Imitation is suicide" means that when you imitate or transcribe someone, it is like killing your own self. When you try to be someone else; you try to write like someone even though you know that you can express it better in painting, you are killing the painter within you. It is a suicide to send up someone.

You should learn to live with your good and bad qualities. You have to understand that you are what you are. You cannot be someone else and then, work towards "self" improvement. To increase yourself, you first need to know yourself. The qualities you have are like a plot of land given to you. You have to work hard keeping in annoyed by the degree of fertility of your plot of land i.e. your personality.

To grow high-quality cobs of corn (bent), you first have to know your land (basic personal traits).

No one else can decide what you can do with yourself. It is for you to take the first step and try and develop what *you* think is your USP. You are new and unique and only you should be your own appraiser. Judge what you can do-- try it-- even if you fail, you'll be stepping forward in the right direction.

The line "Not for nothing, one character, one fact, makes much notion on him, and another none." sort of sums up the theme. It means that you are unique and a have certain fire that no one else has because, by observation you can see that one character or art seems to appeal to you a lot and another one doesn't.

You heed to a song and look at a picture. Both classics; but the song touches your soul while the picture doesn't have that effect. Some other actually may enjoy the picture and may not like the song that much. It just means that you have a taste in music and you should go with your inclination to find your true self. Forcing paintings or anything on yourself is a suicide for your harmonious self.

I hope this answer helped. If this answer worked, you won't be overly impressed with me but must be working towards reading the endeavour by yourself and finding the meaning as it sounds true to yourself and not me or anyone else.

Note: You can find the whole essay at emersoncentral.com. Here is the link- http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm

Allowable luck!

Is there a type of software that I can enter words/literature into & create an audio file to hear my notes?

Sep 10, 2007 by betty_meliss | Posted in Higher Education (University +)

I don't punctiliousness if it's a monotone robot voice. I'd just like to be able to study on my long drives to and from school and to and from drudgery.

USE A Strap RECORDER, I USE ONE TO RECORD MY TUTORS LESSONS

Do long complicated sentences and multiple difficult words make it great literature?

Jul 04, 2006 by dude | Posted in Books & Authors

The hard with reading fiction other than Crime and Romance is that the syntax of sentences is too comlpicated; Sentences are too long -spanning 4-5-6 lines and there are multiple words per sheet that if you looked up each time in dictionary you will spend equal time looking up and reading.

I am fairly intelligent. I have situation graduate training and my vocalulary is better than most people I know -my guess is at least 25,000, 30,000 words - but I am still having this difficulty!
If I have obstacle reading these works of Roth, Updike and Bellow my guess is that 95% of readers do.

So my question is: is it a prerequisite of 'stupendous' literature to be difficult to read? Do the authors do this deliberately or is this their natural flow of language - when they talk in everyday conversation, do they talk in sentences 50-75 words crave? Do they automatically discard 97% population from their potential readers and just don't care to communicate with average Joes?

No, I don't about being difficult to read is a prerequisite of "great" literature, but I think some great literature can be difficult for us to read today. We consider differently, act differently, talk and communicate differently than even people 20-30 years ago. Think about the impact of the Internet, e-send and text messaging are having on our styles of communicating. Also our very busy crammed full life styles where we expect everything to be easygoing and quick impacts our communication and writing.

I think great characters with whom the reader can identify, great plots that equalize reality and the suspension of disbelief and a writing style that flows and is enjoyable (not necessarily easy) to read be suitable for great literature.

I do have a suggestion for you though, as I have recently taken up reading "the classics" myself. I had a very difficult time at first also. I started out reading each soft-cover twice. I would read it the first time, skimming over parts, words, etc... I did not immediately grasp. Instead I would try to get the general sensible of for the book and understand the plot line. The next time I would take more care and really read the book, sometimes re-reading a paragraph or determination a few time or looking back at earlier passages to make sense of the current passage. I also would read many books by the same creator. We know that each author has their own writing style and after about 1 1/2 books I would find myself reading in the "rhythm" of their splendour and it was much easier to read their books then. One more thing, find books with through end notes and use them prodigiously!

When writing "Swiss Army Knife" in a piece of literature, which words should be capitalized?

Nov 18, 2008 by A R | Posted in Books & Authors

Should all three words be capitalized, or honest "Swiss" and "Army"?

I'd do all three words. It's a registered trademark, after all.

Matthew Arnold said that literature is "at bottom, a criticism of life." What does that mean in other words?

Sep 10, 2008 by Jasmine | Posted in Homework Help

I think about that Literature is often a mirror for what is going on in society and a vechicle to change that which we dont like.

Many books today use thier pages to put forth venereal commentary. They reflect the issues of the time, including race, class, morals, etc.

All these issues that make up and sham our life are explored, examined, reaffirmed, broken down, rejeted, accepted, and revised through global narrative discussions in liturature.