MY MAD DREAM OF AN ESSAY

Remember the time you ate that spicy apple just before you went to bed on the night before the big soccer game? Oh, that weird dream you had about the 2016 presidential election. When you woke up you couldn't quite remember the crazy details, but after reading "On Self-Reliance" and "A Sound of Thunder" it's all coming back to you.

The dream started badly. You were in line with your family at a friends house waiting to be sent to go work in the fields. Everywhere you looked there were posters of president-elect Barney, looking like a crazy dinosaur who could eat a whole cow.

Suddenly, there was Ralph Waldo Emerson telling you," Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self." You realized that you have something to contribute to the world so you decided to help. But it wasn't easy. First you had to put on a fancy suit and shoes and then you had to make a time machine to go back in time to the White House to convince people to learn about the candidates and their view and racism.

But right there in the White House there was a giant spider and it started biting everyone. People started to panic. You grabbed a gun from a nearby store and yelled everyone remain calm. Every stopped and listened. so you kept going.

Most of the things we do today will effect the things that happen in the future. It is up to you to decide if you want to do the right things or not. For example in "A Sound of Thunder" when Eckels kills the butterfly he changed the entire future. From the how the language is written to who won the presidential election. That is why people have to think before they do something. People need to make their won choices too. You should not be following other people. Like Emerson says you need to be self-reliant and not depend on other people.

Emerson's Child

      Election day is over and everyone is shook at the outcome. No one could believe what just happened. This election is tearing communities, states, even the country apart. Everyone is distraught and angry over the outcome of the election, no one could have predicted this would be the outcome. Everyone is talking about how the country is going to fall in the next four years.

      Emerson would view the 2016 presidential election as a disaster. Emerson would view this presidential election as a disaster because everyone is following society and saying the same thing. "Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.", is a quote Emerson uses that best fits this situation. No matter how much people say our new president is terrible it is not going to change the fact that he is still president. People need to except the fact that he is going to be the president for the next four years. People just need to move on and hope he will be a decent president.

       Do not get me wrong i hate our new president as well, but like i said not much we can do to change it. I just have to move on with my life and hope he does a good job as president of one of the most powerful nations in the world. I do believe that though that Emerson would think that our president would be a genius. Emerson would think Donald Trump would be a genius because he says whatever he wants and does not care what people think. For example he has said some pretty awful things, but he does not care what people think about his opinion. Everyone is also entitled to their opinion.
      "Let a man know his worth and keep things under his feet." I believe this quote by Emerson fits Donald Trump well because i believe he has found his worth. Like i said most of the things he says are terrible and awful things, but that is just him. I believe Emerson would like how Trump says things not caring what people would think. But, a lot of the things Donald Trump says are very controversial. There is a lot of people that disagree with his views on immigration and how he treats people. All his views are also causing havoc around the country. People are also throwing riots as well to protest against Trump.
      Emerson would have different views on this presidential election. He could say it is a good thing because people are standing up for something they believe is wrong. He could also say this presidential election is a disaster because everyone is following society and saying the same thing. Even though the outcome was not what people intended it to be, people just need to move on and hope for the best. People should riot and cause havoc because it is not going to change anything." Nothing can bring you happiness, but yourself."
     

Emerson for the Young Buck

I have learned a lot from Emerson these past couple of days. For example I learned that Emerson is a huge believer that people should be themselves and no one else. Emerson wants people to be themselves in a world who wants people to fit in. I have also learned from Emerson to believe in yourself and try. He wants you to be happy with yourself and no one can make you happy, but yourself. So for anyone reading this don't be afraid to be different and be yourself.