Question

How does the organization of the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson’s purpose?

Answer 1

Answer:

The way the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson’s purpose is:

Advising that high self-confidence is advisable and uses an example of how the great man of different times of history employed it to achieve their goals.

Explanation:

Self-Reliance is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a transcendentalist of revolutionary ideas in people's behavior. He described that the individual requires to follow its instincts and own ideas instead of expecting someone else to command it what to do. In this tone, he uses the second paragraph to say that different successful men of history always followed their ambitions and desires like napoleon, like alexander the great among others. Who always believed in their effort and that challenged the word to win over the rest of people with desires against them.