Emerson and Thoreau were among the founders of transcendentalism in American literature, both writers gave importance to the soul and nature. According to Emerson, 1837 He states that “The world is nothing, man is everything; in thyself is the law of all nature” because man and nature are interconnected with each other and he tried to create simple ways to understand man and nature. What Emerson had in common was self-reliance and civil disobedience. Thoreau believed in civil disobedience. He broke the law and did not pay taxes because he was imprisoned for going against the laws and the government and was always ready to enter. Civil disobedience was a fact that to be an individual one must know followers. They both believed that they were especially responsible for themselves and that they should ask the nation for help in the way they show the idea to the people and through their books they show the American identity through the