Self Reliance

The story Self-Reliance is talking about how much work and the thought of trusting no one was taken so seriously. It was trying to get at the way boys where raised up. Working to them is a way to show their strength and manhood, and how powerful they were. ‘‘A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best’. This was a perfect example of how much work meant to them and their everyday lives. I think what he was saying was you should do what your heart and god tells you to do, because that is what god wants you to do.
This is a good example of Transcendentalism because they really think that it’s what was in god’s heart that he wants you to do. They feel that god wants you to be different from everyone. So you should just do what you think is right. This is a good example because they are going against what everybody thinks about you. One example of this is “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” What he is saying here is that you are going to look crazy but you shouldn't care because god is with you.