In at least one hundred words, analyze Emerson's ideas about self-reliance in the context of today's technology, pop culture, and social media. Would Emerson have been happy with the progress or would he have seen it as a loss for
humanity? Use modern examples and details from the passage to support your response. Click here to read excerpts
from "Self-Reliance."

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable

How does thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of "economy" inwalden? -he uses the word "t" because he feels it sounds more interesting-he does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional account-he uses first-person point of view to get his readers' attention-he uses the word "t" for the sake of sincerity and honesty.

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?