Suggested_Answers_to_the_Discussion_Questions_in_Part_5

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1、IG-20Instructor’sGuideSuggestedAnswerstotheDiscussionQuestionsinPart5RalphWaldoEmerson,fromSelf-RelianceStructureandTechnique1.Emersonbeginshissecondparagraphwith“Trustthyself:everyheartvibratestothatironstring.”Whatdoeshemeanbythis?Whydoyouthinkheplaceditthisearly

2、intheessay?Answer:Emersonwantshisreaderstotrulylookwithinthemselvesandtrustthattheyhaveapurpose.Bydoingthis,theycantrustthattheiropinionsandfeelingsarevalidandsacred.Heplacesthisideaearlyintheessaybecausetherestoftheessaycontinuestosupportit.2.Emersonusesseveralmet

3、aphorsinhisessay.Findonethatyouidentifywithandexplainyourconnection.Answer:Thisquestionwillelicitvaryingresponses.Stronganswerswilldemonstrateanunderstandingofthemetaphorandagoodconnectiontoit.Possiblemetaphorsmightinclude“imitationissuicide”or“afoolishconsistencyi

4、sthehobgoblinoflittleminds.”Forthefirstmetaphor,studentsmightmaketheconnectionoflosingtheiridentityinhighschoolbecausetheystarteddressingandtalkinglikesomeoneelse,insteadofbeingtruetothemselves.3.Emersonendshisessaybylistingimportanthistoricalfigureswhoweremisunder

5、stood.Whatishispurposeinendingonsuchanimportantnote?Answer:Hisessayexplainstothereaderthatsometimesbeingtruetotheinnerselfmeansgoingagainstsocietyandsufferingsociety’sdispleasure.BylistingfigureslikeJesusandNewton,hedemonstratestohisreaderthatbeingmisunderstoodordi

6、slikedbysocietyisnotnecessarilyabadthing.Infact,itcanbeagreatthing.4.Atitlecanofferinterestinginsightsintoanessay,especiallyifthetitleacquiresunexpectedmeanings.Beforereadingthisessay,whatdidyouthinkthetitleSelf-Reliancemightreferto?Whatadditionalmeaninghaveyouglea

7、nedafterreadingtheessay?Answer:Thisquestionwillelicitvaryingresponses.Atfirstsomereadersmayhavethoughtthatself-reliancereferredtolivingaloneorbeingself-centered.Afterreadingtheessay,someoftheirnewmeaningsmayincludebeingauthentictothemselves,trustingtheirownjudgment

8、,orretainingtheirindividuality.CriticalReadingandDiscussion1.WhatdoesEmersonmeanby“envyisignorance...imitationissuicide”?©2014byMcGraw-HillEducat