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American Lit

By crashmypartyhard

  • Native American/Creation

    Native American/Creation

  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
    By Jonathan Edwards

  • Poor Richard Almanack

    Poor Richard Almanack

  • Speech in the Virginia Convention

    Speech in the Virginia Convention

  • The Crisis, Thomas Paine

    The Crisis, Thomas Paine

  • Olaudah Equiano

    Olaudah Equiano

  • The Autobiography of Ben Franklin

    The Autobiography of Ben Franklin

  • Emerson

    Emerson
    Self-Reliance (1888)
    This explains how you must trust yourself and your decisions, and make sure you don't lose yourself along the way. There is deep importance in being an individual.
    Nature (1836)
    This tells how nature and how you're feeling are connected, how your inner peace is connected with nature.

  • Thoreau

    Thoreau
    Walden (1854)
    To live simply and to go somewhere to focus on oneself is great, but needs to be taken in moderation.
    Civil Disobedience (1849)
    Sometimes change is needed, sometimes you break the law, and sometimes unjustness needs to be brought to light. Thoreau discusses his being in jail for standing up for his beliefs.