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What is the format of Young American?
Emerson wrote Young American in a hybrid of two formats we have seen before: propaganda, and point/counterpoint.
In Young American, he is trying to sell his point through a propaganda type writing, but he also uses point counterpoint to keep his beliefs strong. 

What is the article’s thesis?
The article’s thesis is about expanding the democracy through scinece and ideas, rather than conquest and war.

What other writers would align with Emerson’s beliefs in this essay?
I think Thomas Paine, Whitney Houston, and Thomas Jefferson would align with Emerson. 

E.C.- The song “The Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston was played because Houston sings about the children of the future, and how everything depends on their ideas, so teach them well.  Her lyrics are similar to Young American because Emerson also writes about teaching the children of the future, and how their ideas are important to the way the world ends up. 

1. What is the format of “Y.A.”?
Ralph Walso Emerson’s “Young American” is a hybrid of writing formats. He describes his thoughts in a vision, but he also uses his essay a propaganda for ways to solve America’s current problems.

2. What is the article’s thesis?
Youth need to use their power of being American to perpetuate general justice and humanity.

3. What other writers would align with Emerson’s beliefs?
Thomas Jefferson would agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s beliefs, because both thinkers want to empower the nation by empowering the common man.

Extra Credit:Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All” says that children are the future. Essentially, Emerson is saying that the future of the nation lie with its youth.

1. The format of “The Young American” is similar to propaganda, but seems like a persuasion of his ideas in a deconstructive essay. 

2.  The article’s thesis is that America is a country that leads in power because it has oppurtunities and is open for growth.—In class we discussed that the words of Emmerson would probably state the thesis as, “America is the country of the future because it is a country of beginnings, projects, designs, and expectations”.

3. I believe that a lot of people would agree with Emerson, because he expresses such a nationalistic spirit. Paine and Jefferson’s writings seem to show that they would be similar in thinking, because they are so supportive of the common man.

*Extra credit: I believe that the song was played, because it talks about the future and how the younger generation really will decide how things become. They are the leaders that can either take the country to success or failure. 

1. The format of “Young American” is a deconstructive essay.

2. The article’s thesis is that transportation leads to more trade. The more trade America has the more power America has. The more power America has, the greater country America is. The young Americans hold the future of America in their hands.

3. I believe that Admas or Washington would agree with Emerson.

Extra Credit: Whitney Houston was playing because she was singing about how the “children are the future” and “they are going to lead he way”, which is excatly what Emerson thinks. 

1.) What is the format of “The Young American?”
Emerson wrote his opinions, with point counterpoint to support them.

2.) What is the article’s thesis?
Emerson feels and supports that expanding ways/means of transportation is a positive.  However, it can also be a negative because of its affects on nature and humans’ mindset on nature.

3.) What other writers would align with Emerson’s beliefs in this essay?
Thomas Paine and Whitney Houston (or whoever wrote the song if she didn’t) are two people who would agree with Emerson’s beliefs.

4.) *extra credit: What is the significance of playing Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All?”
In the song, Houston sings the lines, “I believe that children are our future, Teach them well and let them lead the way.” This reflects Emerson’s thoughts on how the children are the leaders of the future; they are the ones who will be carrying the country years later.  Their education, ideas, and actions are important in this respect.

- I beleive that this article is in the form of Deconsturuction format. this is because Emerson takes a broad subject such as the impoetance of children being raised properly because they hold our future. he then breaks it down and describes how the importance of children differs in diffrent areas. children that are raised with and learning technology only better us as a society in the future.
- i beleive that this format as been seen before, in other articles that we have read during the year.
- the thisis of this article is that children are very important to our future. how we rasie our children will shape the future of our country.
- jefferson because both of them are writters that use the support of the common man. uses the society to help get there point across. also Adams.
Extra Credit- the song the “Greatest Love” was played because both the article and the song discuss the importance of the children to our, as a society, future. without children being raised properly and learning and becoming formiliar with technology, the society does not get better, only worse.

1. What is the format of “Young American”?
The format of Emerson’s article is a bit of a combination between a manifesto and a preaching point style. It is set up to display Emerson’s ideas and thoughts, but he also brings up points of discussion in the time period.

2. What is the article’s thesis?
The article’s thesis is that America is a country of the future because it is a country of beginnings, projects, designs, and expectations. The beginnings are the imagination of the younger generations. The projects are the initiatives in trade, economy, and infrastructure. The design is to create an American sentiment, and the expectations are that America would become the dominating nation.

3. What other writers would align with Emerson’s beliefs in his essay?
The beliefs are mildly similar to Adam’s idea that we should continue advancing for fear that if we don’t we will become an inferior society.

1. While I don’t know exactly what the format is I think it is in the format of a letter because he is writing to American citizens and deconstructs his opinion on the prospect of transportation improving our foreign trade.

2. I believe that the thesis of this article is where he says that America is the country of the future because it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.

3. I think that Bacon would definetely support Emerson’s opinion because while Bacon would not have debated on the same topic, he would support Emerson’s ideals of letting the “Young American”, a.k.a. the common man, lead the leaders.

1.  What is the format of “Young American?”
This is an excerpt from a larger work, Emerson’s ”Young American.” It expresses Emerson’s opinions, sort of in the form of a manifesto.  It encourages the advancement of transportation to further trade relations.  He then uses his opinion to support the need for trade and advancement.
2.  What is the thesis of the article?
Improvement in transportation leads to better trade, which creates power for America.
3.  What other writers would align with Emerson’s beliefs in this essay?
Emerson would partly agree with Adams that the US needs to show its power and improve.  He does not agree with the way in which to show this power.  He also agrees with Jefferson’s idea of being for the common man.
EC-The song shows that the young of our world will create the future.

1. The Format of “The Young American” is personal perspective and preference, but not assertive like a persuasive.

2. America is the country of the Future because it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.

3. Adams he wanted the country to develop

The format of Emerson’s “The Young American” is his personal beliefs on the subject of trade and how it is affected by transportation. He then backs up and supports his beliefs on this subject.

The thesis can best be described by the sentence at the end of the source where he says, “the developement of our American internal resources, the extension to the utmost of the commercial system, and the appearance of new moral causes which are to modify the state, are giving an aspect of greatness to the Future.”

The supporter of common men, like Jefferson, would align with him. Both men support common people like farmers and children.

EC: You played the song because the lyrics in the song have to do with believing in the children of the future. This correlates directly with what Emerson says.

1.  I believe that the format for “Young Americans” is a deconstructive essay. 
2.  “it is the country of the future.....it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.”
3.  I believe that Wahington would agree with this person because the common people have been given ttoo much power which has allowed for transportation to have negative effects on the nation.  He would also agree with jefferson on the trade issue.
4.  The song was played to intro the essay.  Emerson would agree with this song saying that the children are the future.

Emerson’s “Young American,” portrays American sentiment as a connection to the land.  He sees an expansive American spirit that reflects the in the manners and opinions of the people who carry its quality.  According to Emerson, we are are the Future.  You can view a photoblog of Emerson’s “Young American” by clicking here. Be sure to pay attention to the last entry, where you will find an open-ended assignment.  Post your work to this IP blog.  Surprise me. 

The title is a paradox with an oxymoron in it. The oxymoron is in the words “Lethal Gift”. The third piece of the paradox is in germs. The germs, although lethal, gave the gift of antibodies. The people that survived were those who built up the antibodies and were in turn able to pass them on. The livestock is also connected to the germs. Because domesticated livestock was “new,” people were coming in contact with many new germs that they had no immunity to. The people would either have to build up the immunities or they would most likely die.

Location) is the primary factor that affects multiple events: selling a house, passing a celebrity on the street, catching an out-of-the-park batted baseball, or finding a ten dollar bill on the floor in the mall.  On a more scholarly level, it can be agreed that location is the primary cause “that guarantees the rise and spread of domesticables enabling food production.” Jared Diamond, author of the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, supports this theory.  Throughout chapters four through ten of GGS, he goes on about food production and the things that affect it.  In those chapters, he proves location contains all of the necessary factors that aid in the rise and spread of domesticables (which then lead to enabling food production).  One place contains –and determines- soil richness, climate, and the available resources (ex.: domesticable animals and plants).  It’s simple common sense:  Bad soil, no plants; good soil, many plants. “Like all animal species (including humans), plants must spread their offspring to areas where they can thrive and pass their parents’ genes.” (Diamond, 117) Diamond not only rightfully states that plants must “breed and spread,” but also implies that even animals must reproduce and “spread their offspring to areas where they can thrive and pass their parents’ genes” in order for the individual offspring to survive, and then in the big picture: the entire species to survive.  With this involves moving/migrating, and only to places where the species can survive. (Diamond, 117) This predicts where animals will end up: only in certain areas of the world.  This cycle relies on the three factors listed above.
Soil and climate can be placed as sub-categories under “environment,” because they make up the environment, which is the location.  Climate and soil work hand in hand, both determining the viability of the land and the outcome of the food production process.  Firstly, soil richness influences the success of a society’s food production.  Soil also contains vital nutrients that plants could not survive without.  If the ground is hard and rocky, there is very little chance for plant life [beginning or surviving], if there is soft and fertile ground, there is a much better chance for plant life [beginning or surviving].  If the right plants that are domesticated survive, so do the people.  The climate is just as big a factor.  Again, one can back up the theory with common sense: if the place has too hot or dry a climate, or too cold or dark a climate, little food production will occur (Diamond, 93).  “One advantage of the Fertile Crescent is that it lies within a zone of...a climate characterized by mild, wet winters and long, hot, dry summers.  That climate selects for plant species able to survive the long, dry season and to resume growth rapidly upon the return of the rains.” (Diamond, 136) Diamond also agrees with the importance of the right plants being in the right location.
Not only were certain animals good for their meat and hide (Diamond, 90), but also their labor.  “…the largest domestic mammals interacted with domestic plants to increase food production by pulling plows and thereby making it possible for people to till land that had previously been uneconomical for farming.” (Diamond, 88).  If a society lives in an area where a useful and domesticable animal, such as a horse or cow, does not inhabit, the society’s food production could be doomed, thereby dooming the society.  Horses and Cows are useful for animal-drawn plows; cattle are also useful for their manure to fertilize the plants.  The location influences which plants plants are going to survive and which aren’t.  Also working with soil richness and climate, a location can only house so many types of plants.  Therefore, only some societies were able to benefit from the necessary and most useful plants. This obviously greatly affected crop production and, in the long run, population survival.  Location, location, location; it and what it offers make up the key “contributory element that guarantees the rise and spread of domesticables enabling food production.”