d the way that he is overly optimistic. Besides Piorier, Hawthorne had respect for Emerson as a man, "...but Emerson the transcendental optimist addressed no word of authority to the ear of Hawthorne..." (Arvin 47).
             Many critics seem to find Emerson's themes and writing styles to be the most disturbing aspect. Critics think that he avoided evil because he could not bear to deal with it. One example is that Emerson even had to stop editing Charles' writing because of the depressing content (Richardson 260). This led critics to believe that sad styles of writing made Emerson depressed. Since he could not stand grief and sorrow, how could he write about it? Many people believe that Emerson was so sensitive toward depressing situations that he could not write about them without inscribing them forever in his mind. This seemed to make him a weaker person.
             Emerson, by being considered a weak writer, was vulnerable to gossip about living in a paradise (Arvin 47). Many of his passages deal with unrealistic ideas such as his feelings about companionship in "Friendship." Emerson says, "But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity but me. My friend gives me entertainment without requiring any stipulation on my part. A friend, therefore, is a sort of paradox in nature" (Adventures in American Literature 218).
             This passage by Emerson shows his ignorance about the truthfulness of human relationships and understandings. He believes that friendships can occur with the participation of only one person doing the work. Emerson wanted a friendship that was in his idealistic mind, available, yet in the mind of a person who is aware of how friendships work, Emerson's ideas are not realistic.
             Emerson also wrote about how nature provided him with only good feelings. He claimed that nature was a place of everlasting happiness where evil would not affect him. Critics believe ...