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* Quote "poem"; Underline book

* American Renaissance
            à It is also known as the mid-19^th century literatures. The period roughly from 1850 to
                1855 where most of the American masterpieces were produced.
            à Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

* Transcendentalism
            à It is a religious movement during the 1820s to the 1830s. Among the
                 transcendentalists’ core beliefs was the inherent goodness of both people and nature.        
                 They believe that society and its institutions – particularly organized religion
                 and political parties – ultimately corrupt the purity of the individual.
            à Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature

* American Dream
            à It is a national ethos of the United States. It is a set of ideals in which freedom
                includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility
                achieved through hard work.
            à The Great Gatsby – Green Light

* Manifest Destiny
            à It was the belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to
                 expand throughout the continent. The three basic themes includes: the special
                 virtues of the American people and their institutions; America’s mission to redeem
                 and remake the west in the image of agrarian America; an irresistible destiny
                 to accomplish this essential duty.
            à John L. O’Sullivan first coined that term
* “Inferiority Complex”
            à It is a psychological status where citizens have their own national pride. They have
                 their pride toward the newly independent nation - America. Even though they do
                 not have their own culture they still feel proud about theirsevles. 

* Herman Melville
            à homosexual? With Nathaniel Hawthorne
            à lonely ( 好不容易存活下來父親卻離去)
            à decided to travel to the South Pacific
            à 30 years old, 500 literary pieces (most famous and well-known author)

* Moby-dick
            à Naturalism: heredity environment
            à The way he loves the ocean seems to be burn in his veins
            à First American sex literature
            à race, ethnic group, little democracy
            à 19^th century novel came alive in the 20^th
            à Sprem Whale
            à Live contains both sadness and joy
            à “If you never done adventure, you’ve never live life.”
            à How come Starbuck became the last survivor?
                        à “Always ask questions, always find answer.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-cM6xo_NTU