Nature was extremely important to the Transcendentalist and they believed that it should be our teacher. Therefore they believed that spending alone time in nature played a big role in "finding yourself". Instead of going to church, transcendentalists would go spend time in nature by themselves to have alone time with God and develop a more personal relationship with Him. The movie, "Avatar" is a fantastic example of showing the importance of nature through pop culture. The avatar develops a connection to nature and becomes one with the flying pandora. This bond between the avatar and the pandora is also a spiritual connection as they can communicate without having to say anything. This shows the importance of nature because the avatar is able to become one with nature and use that connection to help him fight against the humans that are trying to take over the land belonging to the avatars. The movie Avatar also shows the importance of nature because throughout, they rely on nature for everyday survival and for fighting against the intruders. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it". This is a great quote for relating the importance of nature in transcendentalism to this movie because the avatars found their wisdom and strength to fight by becoming one with nature.
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