Essay 1: Inductive Analysis Essay — Emerson (50 pts.)

Task:Analyze the text of the excerpt from Emerson’s Nature and discuss how the writer explains (a) his experience with nature while in solitude and (b) the spiritual connection that he has with God through nature.

• To successfully accomplish this task, you will need to analyze Emerson’s actual language. This is essential. I am not asking you what your thoughts are about Emerson’s views. I am asking you to analyze what he wrote.
• You need to make sure that you analyze the following key elements in Emerson’s essay:
  • What Emerson feels is required to achieve the kind of solitude he is discussing. How one can achieve it.
  • How our awe for the stars help us to understand what true solitude means.
  • How all “natural objects” can fill us with the same sense of awe if we are open to their influence.
  • How seeing this way is the way the poet sees.
  • How seeing with this sense of wonder is the way many people experience nature when they are children.
  • How the “transparent eyeball” passage represents the awe, the willingness to be open to the influence of all “natural objects,” the way the poet sees, the child-like wonder that we can have for nature, and his connection with God through nature. ß be very thorough about this (do not skip it).

Please note I am not asking you to discuss your views about his thoughts. Your task is to analyze the text (so you will need to summarize, paraphrase and directly quote from Emerson and use your analysis of the text to shape your understanding of how he experiences solitude and nature). And your essay is not only a summary … it is an analysis. Do not write from the perspective of what you think Emerson is trying to say; instead, write from the perspective of what he actually writes and how his observations are interconnected– and what they, ultimately, lead to.

• Audience: Your audience will be familiar with this excerpt, so you should not retelleverythingthat happens inthem. Instead, focus on those passages that you choose to analyze. You should summarize, paraphrase and quote those passages that will help you to demonstrate how Emerson describes his experiences with nature in solitude. Do not use “I” or “You.”
• Essay Structure: This is an inductive analysis essay, which means you do not begin your essay with the traditionalintroduction that includes a thesis statement. Instead, you should, after stating the title and the author’s full name, jump right in and start analyzing what Emerson does and how he does it. Your goal is to connect the various elements of his essay and show how he ultimately connects with God through his deep connection with nature. Thus, it makes the most sense to discuss his essay by analyzing these elements in the order he writes them in—your job also including the need to make connections between these elements. Your conclusion must, ultimately and conclusively, state how Emerson’s essay explores his connection with God through solitude and nature. And, very importantly, state your thesis in your conclusion. Think of it this way: this essay form requires you to argue towards your thesis (instead of stating it at the beginning of your essay).

• MLA Formatting:

• When writing about the essay, use the present tense (Example: Emerson explains a certain quality of solitude).
• In your introductory paragraph, refer to the title of the full essay (Nature) and the author’s full name (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

• For the rest of the essay, use the author’s last name (Emerson). Do not repeat his full name again.
• Once you have mentioned the title, do not mention it again. Do not write “in the essay.” We will know that you are discussing the essay.

• For in-text citations / quotations, use the page number in the course reader. You do not need to mention the author’s last name in the citation because once you have introduced us to the title and the author’s name, we will know that you are only quoting that source because your task is to analyze that essay and that essay only.

• Provide a Works Cited page. Here is the correctly formatted bibliographical citation. Pay attention to the italicized titles and the indented second line.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Nature. English 1A Course Reader. Edited by Nathan Wirth, Nathan’s Mind Inc., 2019.

• Final Draft: Upload your final draft to Canvas. Check the course schedule for due dates and the upload link.
• Process Letter: You must also include a process letter, in which you write about your writing process for theessay. Please make this the first page of your document (and it does not count as one of the required pages). You can find a sample process letter in this course reader.

• Formatting: Check the formatting requirements in this course reader before you upload your essay.
• Length: 4-5 pgs

 

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