Topic > A comparison between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman

But they both understand that the writer is the reporter of the world. The writer must observe everything around him and make everyone understand the meaning of it all. And while they may not agree on how to explain what defines the role of the writer, they both did it in their own way and because of that they were immortalized by the reader and idolized by the writer. Their words not only taught us all what it means to be a writer, but what a writer is. He is an interpreter of nature. An inspirer of love. A challenger of the status quo. A master of society. A representative of the voiceless. And so much