According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American Scholar is one whose individual character is split. The Emersonian character is made up of many different parts, therefore influenced by several aspects of everyday life. As Emerson states, “Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state, these functions are parceled out to individuals, each of whom aims to do his stint of the joint work, whilst each other …showed first 75 words of 1429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1429 total…audience somewhat of a sense of scholarship, or to present that scholarship in a false way to allow the characters change. In a film it is easy to relate such aesthetics as lighting, camera movement, blocking etc., to the overall theme of the film. However, when looking at Emerson and relating it to With Honors, it is unnecessary to include such aspects for the deeper content holds the underlying theme of Emerson’s American scholar.