"The American Scholar"

Emerson's argument in "The American Scholar" about American society still holds true today.

One reason Emerson's argument still holds true today is that people can be good at doing more then one thing and they can like doing more then one thing. In the story The American Scholar, it says this, "That the gods, in the beginning, divided man into men, that he might be more helpful to himself; just as the hand was divided into fingers, the better to answer its end." I believe this because its saying how a man could do more with five fingers instead of just with a hand and how a man could do more then just one thing. I can relate to how Emerson is saying that a man can do more then just one job because my dad was an engineer but when there was something wrong with the house like craftsman job or an electrician's job, my dad could fix it.

Another reason Emerson's argument still holds true today is that just because someone went to college to do one specific career doesn't mean they have to stay with that just one career, if they wanted to they should be able to because we have the capability of doing more then just one thing. I can relate to this because my aunt was a teacher but ended up getting tired of doing the same routine everyday so she ended up quiting her teaching job and went looking for another job. Its like if someone was playing baseball and started getting sick of the sport, then the person should go and try a different sport that they actually like. This relates to this situation because its like the tennis player is man looking for a new job because they're sick of the one they already have.