How am I a Romantic - 546 Words

Dear 11th Grade Student, You may of heard of a time called the American Romanticism Period, but i’m sure you dont know the whole story. The Romantic period was a time in history that symbolised Romance and different Characteristics you might of felt in the stories. Some of the Characteristics might be Focus on an Individual, Supernatural, Intuition over Fact, Imagination over Reason, Emphasis on Emotion, Love of Childhood, Awareness of Past, Belief in Democracy, and Love of Nature. There were many books in this period that had these kinds of characteristics. Some of the Books might of been â€Å"The Devil and Tom Walker† , â€Å"Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment† , and â€Å"Old Ironside†. In this letter I will tell you all you need to know about these stories and the Romantic Period. The first book im going to tell you about is â€Å" The Devil and Tom Walker† . The name of the Author was Washington Irving’s. Washington had a lot of Characte ristics in his story, like Love of Nature, Supernatural, and him Focusing on an Individual. The way he symbolised his love of nature in the story was when he said â€Å"Beautiful dark Grove†, in that line he talked about how beautiful the trees and bushes appeared in that moment. Another way he show’d romanticism was when he talked about supernatural things, these things could be the Devil or something that could really never happen. The way he show’d supernatural was when he said â€Å" The Devil presided at the hiding of the money, and took it under hisShow MoreRelatedHow am I a Romantic?538 Words   |  2 Pagespeople that are getting attack from the hurons. One day him and his other two Mohican friends. They were hunting and Nathaniel â€Å"killed the deer and they blessed the deer for providing food for them†. This shows romanticism about the love of nature. How they are one with nature. 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