Student Podcast Series: American Literature Romantic Writers
Writing by BethRitterguth on Thursday, 7 of June , 2007 at 1:28 pm
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Gentlemen, gentlemen, do you either know what makes our country unique?”
Henry David Thoreau: “Hmm… I’m not sure Ralph, the fact that we fought for it and won the land?”
RWE: “No”
Amos Bronson Alcott: “Is it because Europeans live here and we are the most intelligent?”
RWE: “No, not really. What do we have here that others are jealous of?”
HDT: “Big cities?”
ABA: “How about the fact that we children can all go to school here and learn?”
RWE: “Kind of. Why did we want to come here in the first place?”
HDT: “To break away from the Anglican Church and practice our faith freely without anyone judging us.”
RWE: “And are we able to do that now?”
ABA: “Yes!”
RWE: “Exactly. The key word is freely. Our country is unique in the fact that we are Free. We have the freedom to make our own choices and to live our lives the way in which we wish.”
ABA: “Yes, and the fact that we are able to teach whatever we want and try new ways.”
RWE: “Yes. We should be thankful for our freedom.”
HDT: “Our freedom allows us to believe in whatever we want too.”
RWE: “You are right Henry. If we wish to learn from nature rather than scientific knowledge, we have every right to. We can learn so much from nature and our country allows us to explore those ideas that have yet to be discovered because of our freedom.”
HDT: “Our country allows us to use our own intuition to make decisions also. We are free in the fact that we have a self-governing government. We all have a say in our government and have the right of freedom of speech. Not many other countries can say that.”
ABA: “You’re right. Even if we chose to think differently or teach differently we can. People might not agree but that’s the beauty of freedom of speech.”
RWE: “Exactly Amos. We have every right to think whatever we wish. And what about women?”
HDT: “What about women?
RWE: “Well Henry, you might have not known this but women weren’t always allowed to do what they do now.”
HDT: “Hmmmmm?”
RWE: “Yes, Women now have more rights than they have ever had. Just the fact that they are able to work and have their writings published is remarkable.”
ABA: “Oh yes! If it wasn’t for my daughter and her brilliant story, “Little Women”, my family and I would still be struggling with financial problems.”
HDT: “Ah yes Amos, our country has many liberties that others do not. I think the most important thing is that we have the ability to believe in whatever we want and the ability to express those opinions in public freely.”
RWE: “Yes indeed. I believe all these things are great examples of the freedom that our country has. We need to thank God for our freedom and for being able to live in this beautiful country.”
All: “Thank you Lord for our freedom and for our land of the free.”
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