Please help! First, identify two or three Transcendentalist themes from one of the following works: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Excerpts from Summer on the Lakes in 1843” by Margaret Fuller, and “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman.
IMPORTANT: The themes that are found here must also be themes that can be found in song lyrics.
Then, write an explanatory paragraph of approximately 300 words in which you discuss your personal views on one or two of these themes. Explain how your views were influenced by the readings above.

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.