Ralph Waldo Emerson "Self-Reliance" Response

Emerson says that the problem with society is that its goal is to conform people "The virtue most in request is conformity". He goes on to say that the conformity then robs people, "Society everywhere is in a conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity" People that succeed in life our independent and do not conform to others. But would rather have others conform to them so they are the only people to succeed. I disagree with this I believe all people should be able to succeed and should not be put down. All should be treated equal, and all have the ability to be leaders and successful people in life. The extraordinary profoundness and precision of that man's thinking have given vogue to his nomenclature, in Europe and America, to that extent, that whatever belongs to the class of intuitive thought, is popularly called at the present day Transcendental.

9/11 Response

According to the constitution the people of this church are allowed to burn the Quran on September 11th if they choose to because of freedom of speech. Although if a church chooses to burn these Qurans it is morally wrong and sinful.
I personally believe that what those people who choose to fly into the world trade center and pentagon on 09/11/01 were terrible people, but I also believe that if some choose to burn that holy book of the those who flew those planes would be radical and disrespectful towards the innocent Arabs.
September 11th, 2001 is a day that will stick in my memory for the rest of my life. I woke up that morning got dressed and went out to the kitchen for breakfast, as I'm walking towards the kitchen I can hear the usual Good Morning America program on obnoxiously loud, then I see these two towers one already up in flames and I'm wondering what is going on, I ask my mom and she tells me that a plane had been flown into the World Trade Center of New York City. When I arrived to school all I heard was a faint murmur. Know one was exactly sure what was going on but they were all scared. I don't only remember this day for the 9/11 attacks but also that it is my sisters birthday, she was in high school and I remember only a few people came to her birthday party, because everyone was scared and stayed inside their homes.

Thomas Paine's "American Crisis" Response

In the first paragraph Paine writes, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conqured; yet we have this conclusion with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triupmh." The colonists face "hell" when living under the realm of the british government. Only God should be able to treat a person in one way or another, but at this time the king is controlling everyone. In order for the people to gain freedom they must be brave and work together, and must fight to receive the reward that will come their way. If they choose to act alone or not act at all, then they will live in "hell" all their life's. They must fight for what they believe in now, in order to live in peace and happiness for the rest of their life's.
Paine also uses slavery as an example mentioning that slavery is wrong, and what the british are going through is almost similar. I would disagree he does not mention that the slaves have no rights and are just the landlords property, he should write about slaves fighting for freedom and the struggle they go through in america having no rights.