Ms. Newman
FIQWS 10027 E
September 24, 2012
ORGANIZING YOUR WRITING OUTLINE
Thesis: Religion and technology were intertwined in American society in the 18thand 19thcenturies.
OUTLINE
1. Edenic Recovery
A. Man wanted to return to Eden
B. tried to build it on earth.
C. Major push 19thcentury
2. Goethe Story
A. Man challenges God.
B. Man has godlike abilities.
C. compare to real life
D. Catholic theologists
E. Idea came across Atlantic
3. New World
A. Natives seen as savages
B. Nature needed to be controlled
C. Mother Nature would bow to man.
4. Thomas Jefferson
A. Didn't want to use complex machines
B. Machine in the garden
C. Saw Industrial Revolution, changed mind
D. Still saw machine in Garden, but with more complex machines ie. Steam engine
5. Emerson
A. Saw Jefferson’s viewpoint
B. Nature is God's will, but will reflect mans mind
C. Man use nature conservatively
6. Etzler
A. complete opposite of Emerson and Jefferson
B. Man dominate nature
C. Machine do everything, man do nothing.
7. Summarize the body
8. Conclusion
A. Man far away from return
B. Destruction in mans wake
C. Technology has gone too far i.e. Butte, Montana
