Select one of the following to write a carefully edited, 200-400 word response.  Be sure to use plenty of evidence from the texts. 1) Explain how The Scarlet Letter fulfills the definition of a Transcendentalist work. 2)  Explore how any of the assertions from “Civil Disobedience” might or might not work in the modern era.

Part of how we know “Fart Proudly” is satire is that nobody would really sniff farts on purpose, even if they smelled good.

“The soul selects her own society…” is about a speaker who is using friendships to climb the social ladder.

Pearl is the living breathing embodiment of the scarlet letter.

Thomas Paine is British but he is in favor of the American revolution, although he leaves America for France, then returns to Zimbabwe.

 The Salem Witch Trials were some of the most grossly unjust legal proceedings in our history.  However, Cotton Mather convinced everyone to stop, no one was put to death, and reparations were offered speedily.

Thomas Jefferson was an antislavery slave owner.

Pearl is…

Thomas Paine believed…

Oratory is very important in native American culture.