Essay #1

For my first essay I chose to read is Gifts, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The author used a quotation for his introduction to the essay. His thesis statement was, " It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than it can pay, and ought to go into chancery, and be sold." The introductory paragraph was not effective to me because It did not catch my attention. I did not get into the essay. The author did not spell right so it was hard to understand. The technique the author used to conclude the essay was another poem, that did not make sense to me. This essay is weird.