Ralph Waldo Emerson’s attitude towards nature is very explicit in this passage. He not only lets the reader see that he is awed and delighted by it, but that he also enjoys it. He explores the differences between how adults see nature and the way children view it. Finally, he once again states his love of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson was not only an excited writer of nature, but an enjoyer of its wonderful aspects as well. In his passage, Emerson states that "Within [the] plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years." With this, he means that there is such vastness and difference in nature that someone who visits it can’t possible think of how it could bore them. Its beauty is so wonderful that being bored is inconceivable to them. He states that "In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows," to express that nature evokes happiness that even if they were to be under the worst imaginable circumstances, that happiness could not fade away. Of course, his enjoyment is expressed when he writes, "Crossing a bare common [park or grassy square], in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear." The strong imagery that he portrays with the puddles and clouded sky brings the reader closer to the image of nature that Emerson saw. Emerson also touches the fact that adults and children have very different views of the sun even though it is the same. He writes, "To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing," giving the reader the understanding that in their road to adultness, they have lost the connection with nature. However, children admire and enjoy the sun, seeing it in a different light than that with which adults see it. This is especially highlighted when he says, “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.”
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Overall, Emerson’s love of nature is overpowering in this selection. In the end, he emphasizes the constant connection that nature has with us and we should have with nature when he says, "The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse [communication] with heaven and earth becomes part of his daily food."
I couldn’t sleep that night at all. There was an exasperating pain that throbbed in my head that wasn’t leaving me alone. I tried everything I could in order to fall asleep, but all efforts were in vain. The pink curlers were too much and won the battle. I finally dozed off at around 3 am. Three hours later, I was awake, trying to wake my mom up so that she could take the wretched things off of my head. “Mooom~~!” I tried to whisper as much as I could so as to not disturb my aunt and uncle in the room beside ours. After five minutes, she finally woke up. I told her it was time to take the curlers off, just like she had said the day before, at around 6 am. She dismissed me and told me to wait until everyone was awake and to go back to sleep. I couldn’t believe that she would be like that after lying to me that it wouldn’t hurt a bit to put the curlers on. Nonetheless, I tried to rest and walked around the living room, diner, and kitchen for the next hour, mentally and physically pressured because of the day that was ahead of me.
After the hour was up, I woke my mom up. We ate, and after eating, the “fun” began. It took us the whole morning to get ready for the party. My mom helped me put on full makeup – eyeliner, eye shadow, lipstick, mascara, the like. I was ready to put on my dress. When I did, my family made a big scandal about how good I looked, but I felt very uncomfortable. First of all, I was wearing killer heels and a poofy dress that I am SO not used to wearing at all. I’ve always been more of a sweats and loose clothing type of girl, a bit tomboyish, and dresses haven’t really been my thing. I enjoy the simpler way of life, not the hectic “get ready! They’re coming!” type of life many girls live because of the hassle that getting ready emits. Anyways, after eating and getting ready, and getting past the whole family staring, they started taking pictures. For a few seconds, I though that that time would be unending, yet the ending came and off we headed to take the professional pictures. At exactly 5 or so, we headed off to the residence of the party.
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I felt like a stranger in the house, in the party, in the clothes I was wearing… but at the same time, a part of me was very comfortable, enjoying the time and laughing my head off. I guess you could say it was the girly part of me… I laughed at the thought of “letting the girly part of me loose for a whole afternoon.” Maybe after that, I could be less bothered by not being that way most of the time. Consequently, we danced and played around. Even though I didn’t remember most of the people at the party itself, I felt at home and with the people that I loved. Of course, I was surrounded by people that thought well of me – that was enough consolation for me to feel well being there. What I remember the most from that day, though, wasn’t the dancing or the laughing or the good eating… what I remember the most happened after the party. Words that I will carry with me for a long time… I heard my uncle tell his friend that I was like a daughter to him and that he was grateful to his friend for letting him use his house as the party location. The reason that it made such an impact on me was because I grew up with him when I was little, and he’s like a dad to me. So will always carry these words in my heart.

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Television in our generation is seen as the most normal feature of a house, among having computers, iPods, and stereo systems. However, when they were first introduced, they were a sensation. Not long passed when almost everyone in the country owned one. Slowly, they began changing our lives and how we work around in a normal day. In the average home, studies have shown that the television is on for seven hours a day and that approximately 75 million sets are tuned in each weeknight, and 40 to 50 million people are watching at any time in the evening. Televisions ultimately affected everyone, children and adults, alike.
The academic achievement in children always varies. However, with the addition of television to our society, those achievements have been shown to decrease with TVs. Studies show that small children spend more time watching TV than doing any other activity except sleeping. They’ll watch increasing amounts of TV each year until they finish elementary. So how exactly does this affect them? Well, this reduces their time reading, studying, or even actively playing outside. These three things are important for their development, the first two academically, and the third affects them mentally and concerns their personal health.
The personal behaviors that children develop are definitely determined by the types of shows they watch as well as the amount of TV they watch. By graduation from high school, most youngsters will have watched 48,000 commercials and seen 13,000 violent deaths. They will have spent more time watching TV than they have in the classroom. Television can educate, persuade, and entertain, and usually it does all three at once. Used selectively, television can benefit youngsters in positive, educational ways. "Reading Rainbow," for example, seen on national public television, reinforces the joy of reading and motivates children to read in their own. Not all programs have such positive effects.
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Overall, this shows us that we must be careful in how we let young children and adolescents watch television as well as the shows they are watching in extended periods of time.