Create a personality profile of someone who fits
Emerson’s idea of a nonconformist in today’s society. Describe in
detail the types of things he or she eats, loves, writes, listens to, says,
and so on. Make explicit connections to ideas in Emerson’s essays
where you can.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American Transcendentalist poet, philosopher and essayist during the 19th century. One of his best-known essays is "Self-Reliance.”