The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

I found the reading to be extremely intriguing. While I do not know much about Thoreau, it seems like the writers were really in his head. The play represents what kind of man Thoreau was. The fact that Thoreau is a transcendentalist is clearly apparent from the play. Henry's "classroom," is the nature and the world around him; a perfect depiction of transcendental idealists. It seems to be a simple and wonderful life to be able to sit down and observe. I would pay wonders to be able to sit in a "classroom" with John and Henry Thoreau as my teachers. We could discuss nature for an endless amount of time. We could ponder the meaning of life and the relationship between man and nature, and not have a care in the world. I would be free from the worry of bad grades or college admission. This is a dreamland that would be wonderful to live (only in short periods of time). Within the first half of the act, Thoreau has revealed who he is, and what he wants to do. It's significant because it's a very simple, yet interesting life.

Sinners in the hands of an Angry God

The sermon written by John Edwards was a last desperate attempt to cling to the Puritan period when Transcendentalism was becoming popular. His sermon is eighteen pages of the same message: You will go to hell and nothing can stop you. His audience feared his words, and probably caused some people to even believe his message. The sermon repeats the symbols of a spider or some other insect as the only chance of salvation (in other words, a small chance).

McCain;s Speach

John McCain's "losing" speech, contained words that were neither original nor unexpected. His speech simply congratulated Obama, and preached about how good America is and how lucky we are. If one were to read the transcript for his speech, one would fall quickly to sleep. But his delivery made the words perfect; his voice displayed an unprecedented amount of emotion. His eyes held true to his voice, people saw, perhaps for the first time, true compassion. His gratitutde was undeniably real. McCain's change of character from the campaign to his speech was a drastic change. At first he would break out, and yell out of order, but now, he seems calmer, more composed and changed many people's initial percepetion of McCain.