Transcendentalism

I think that Eustace did share some of the common threads as transcendentalist believed in, but i don't think he was one.  Transcendentalist believe that humans are were divine because they were a part of nature, and that all nature shared one soul in common with humans.  This was a very spiritual way of thinking that i don't think Eustace had.  Although, he was very spiritual in that he did believe God created nature and spent much time praying, he did not think nature to be spiritual.  However, Transcendentalist did believe that human did not have a limit on their capabilities and that if you fail at something it is because a lack of effort.  Eustace definitely had thins way of thinking.  He put no limits on what he could accomplish, and would push himself until he achieve what he set out to do.  Many people found him controlling and harsh, but this was because Eustace hated when people failed at something because they were lazy.  Eustace did share some common idea with the Transcendentalist, but overall I don't think he was one.  I mean you never saw Emerson or Thoreau running around killing animals and living purely on the land.  I think Gilbert had this same idea as well.  She classified him more as someone that was mainly concerned about the maintaining nature, rather than coming up with complex ideas about the divine soul behind it.