Question

Write a well-formed paragraph that summarizes the central ideas found in the excerpt from Emerson’s essay Nature. Your paragraph should have at least four sentences and contain key details.

Answer 1

Answer:

People should strive to really see nature and use it to make a connection to the Universal Being.

Both nature and human beings are part of the divine.

Nature doesn’t exist for its own sake; it is just a symbol of the spiritual world.

The fact that nature is accessible every day causes people to overlook its spiritual dimensions.

Answer 2

Emerson obviously reveres nature and believes that one should maintain a sense of awe and wonder that children have in appreciating natural beauty. Also he states that nature does not display a mean appearance for example  in such things as glorious sunsets ore  even in menacing natural phenomena like erupting volcanoes at night time the pyroclastics cascading down the slopes of the volcano are beautiful. He speaks of the "integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects" and this is reminiscent of Alexander Von Humboldt when he and his partner Bonpland the botanist first arrived in what became known as Venezuela they were both drunk by the myriad wonderful aspects of the lush vegetation in all its tropical splendor. Emerson said "a wild delight runs through the man in spite of sorrows" at the sight of nature and that is what Humboldt and Bonpland experienced especially since they were natural scientists so could appreciate the natural environment much more.