Key Ideas Of Transcendentalism

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Are you a transcendentalist? In the short stories “Self Reliance” by. Emerson “Nature” by. Emerson and “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau, and also the movie “Finding Forrester” by Gus Van Sant, are stories about transcendentalism that relate to themes in Finding Forrester. The key ideas of transcendentalism are your own intuition, people should follow their own beliefs, and everything is interconnected. This shows that stories about transcendentalism relate to key themes in the movie like: there's always another way, don't be like others, and trust in others. The first theme is there's always another way. This goes with the movie because when Jamal had to keep Forrester's secret so he won't be found he had to tell the people what they want