Emerson....and The American Scholar

       My first impression of Emerson is that...he is so smart!! How can a human being's mind function so well like his. Emerson emerged as an important scholar in the nineteenth century, and even now, his influence on the American literature is undeniable. At first, I can hardly understand his written work without help! However, after the class discussion, I found his ideas about American scholars interesting.
       During the class, we talked about the introduction and the first influence-Nature. Emerson believed that human beings should function as a large system. He explained it by starting out a story (a fable) comparing the system to human body. In the past, humans had been worked together, and they were all contributing to improve the public. However, he says that most people were focusing only on their personal accomplishment, but forget he/she was also a part of the body.Just like a hand that has a lot of fingers. If they work separately, then the hand itself will lost it's capability to function as a hand.
       In part one, Emerson was trying to emphasis the importance of nature that is associated with the mind. He states that the nature the human minds are connected with each other. Only by learning about circulation of the universe, can human fully realize how their minds work.