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ENG 205 Week 7 Unit B: Walt Whitman

1. Discussion board (200 words)

Reading:

Whitman: Poet of Democracy (1819-1892)

Attached Files:

·  When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed.pptx (738.611 KB)

Reading: 

Intro Page 1388-92

· Song of Myself, Sections 1-21 (Page1393-1408);

· 35 (Page1423-25) and 52 (Page 1439)

· When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed (Page1458-65)

· [See attached PowerPoint for more info. about the poem.]

Discussion Question:

And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God,

for I who am curious about each am not curious about God,

(No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and about death.)

I hear and behold God on every object, yet understand God not in the least,

Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.

Why should I wish to see God better than this day?

I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,

In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass,

I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name,

And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe'er I go,

Others will punctually come for ever and ever.                                [Song of Myself, 48]

For DB:  How does the above section of Whitman's poem embody Transcendental principles?  (Hint: review the description on this week's page.)

2. Write responses for other 2 student’s work. (75 words for each)

First student:

Top of Form

Nature is a valuable resource that we often take for granted. It is hard to believe that there are enough resources available to cater to our every whim. For centuries we have discovered new ways to use nature as a way to make our lives easier. Of course nature has helped in numerous ways, however, I think that our use of nature needs to be reconsidered. We have turned our forests into shopping malls and exchanged rivers for highways. At what point will we realize that our natural resources are not unlimited. Imagine a world in which there are no longer wood from trees to build houses, streams of water to quench our thirst or daily sunlight to aid in the growth of fresh food? I believe that we have not really found the correct amount of nature to use without doing harm. If we were all able to cut back on our daily usage of nature, we could save more. In regards to future protection of the environment, I think that there can be more protective laws on individual uses at parks and water sources. Limiting the activities in these locations will be more efficient.

Second student:

The environment is an important resource that we must aspire to attain for future generations.  That being said with the rapid growth in the worl'ds population it is going to be harder and harder for the world to combat this on going change.  The US has made a lot of changes in the last years to help stem the tide of global warming and introduced many regulations, a lot of other foreign countries (China comes to mind) choose to ignore the idea.  I believe it needs to be a slow steady change away from fossil fuel to more environment friendly alternatives, but I know most of our economy runs off these precious earth substances.  I also know it is cheaper for us to use coal energy rather than wind energy.  I think this topic is over politicized and blamed too often for world problems.  I think a common sense approach of taking a slow transformation, keeping our green energy production going in a direction where it is as cheap as fossil fuels is the right path to take.  I also don't believe businesses should be over regulated either as well so its a fine line we must adhere to in the future.