Emerson’s argument in “The American Scholar” about American society stills holds true today.
One reason Emerson’s argument still holds true today is because the jobs given to the American worker only provide one skill. This allows the workers not to think about the other options out there. For example, a doctor has the skill of caring for another patient and they don’t think about caring for the persons feelings like a psychiatrist would. In the article “The American Scholar” Emerson states “The priest becomes a form, the attorney a statue book, the mechanic a machine, the sailor a rope of the ship.” When saying this he means that workers are becoming very much like robots and only continue to do what they know and are trained to do.
Another reason why this argument still holds true is because the man thinking actually thinks about other options, explores further and asks questions. American workers today dont do much of that, we have become a very lazy generation and expect things to be handed to us without doing any of the work. When only exploring one skill you leave out all the other possibilities. People may never know if they have a special skill at something if they dont use the opportunity to try it.
One reason Emerson’s argument still holds true today is because the jobs given to the American worker only provide one skill. This allows the workers not to think about the other options out there. For example, a doctor has the skill of caring for another patient and they don’t think about caring for the persons feelings like a psychiatrist would. In the article “The American Scholar” Emerson states “The priest becomes a form, the attorney a statue book, the mechanic a machine, the sailor a rope of the ship.” When saying this he means that workers are becoming very much like robots and only continue to do what they know and are trained to do.
Another reason why this argument still holds true is because the man thinking actually thinks about other options, explores further and asks questions. American workers today dont do much of that, we have become a very lazy generation and expect things to be handed to us without doing any of the work. When only exploring one skill you leave out all the other possibilities. People may never know if they have a special skill at something if they dont use the opportunity to try it.
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