Citizenship and Commitment in "The Raven"

 The values are citizenship and commitment before to know if those values are related or not in the story/ poem we need to know the meaning of both of them.

Citizenship means the state of living in a particular area or town and behaving in a way that other people who live expect of you, and commitment means the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause activity, etc...
The Raven is a story/poem about a man trying to forget a lost love but he never succeeds, and this story has a dark mood and depressing theme. In my personal opinion, I never saw those values in there is a story really dark and with a lot of alliterations.
The speaker in this story/ poem is a man who is sad, angry, in grief and irritated by the visitor (the raven). The entire mood of The Raven is dark and suspicious, the whole poem centers about death. The line "it was bleak December" (that also is the first line of the second stanza) gives us the effect that everything surrounding the speaker is grave and without any happiness, thanks to this I can infer that the story doesn't have any of those values.
I can say those values are not in the story, but I can see the madness in it because the speaker seems to fall in hard times, and the reference he did about wild dreams, I can see lost love too, is probably (in my opinion) the principal theme of the story/poem, can see the grief in the entire narrative and finally guilt and death, analyzing the story I infer that the raven in some way is like the reincarnation of the narratives guilty condense that is nagging at him, the speaker maybe is not responsible for the death of his beloved but he feels as though he could help to stop it.
The values are not in the story at all, but in the story, I can see a lot of representation of feelings or other different emotions and values like the raven is a symbol of the narrator's pain for his lost and symbolizes death and wisdom, the constantly "Nevermore" that the bird said give us an idea that the speaker may have gone insane with pain and guilt and the speaker asking to the bird if know an angel called Lenore, shows the worried he has about where and how is his beloved.
Along the loss of Lenore, the speaker also losses his mind.
Is already clear that the values are not in the story but most of Edgar Allan Poe´s stories, poems and narrative are about dark topics and moods an example of this is when the speaker seems really depressed ön the morrow, he will leave me as my hopes have flown before". He thinks that the raven will leave him, as Lenore did, he is afraid it afraid it will fly out the window, like his hopes.
We can also know, that those values and anyone could be part of the story for the background of it, Poe´s wife was dying of tuberculosis in the next room so this caused him to write this poem/ story for what his life would be after she passed.
  In conclusion, we can't see the values in the story but we can explore themes of grief, negativity, and depression in someway the poem, suggest that grief and negativity can produce long-term depression in a person who has lost a loved one and is experiencing extreme loneliness, and also we see symbolism, and the classic gothic/ dark way to the writing of Edgar Allan Poe.   

Homework: Patience and Caring in Self-Reliance 

✨The value of patience means the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious, and the value of caring means displaying kindness and concern for others. Those values are in the story in different parts, this story urges the readers to be themselves and feels comfortable in their own skin and with their own thoughts. Emerson posits the effects of self-reliance, altering religious practices, and focusing on themselves, and encouraging people to develop and accept their own culture, this is a clear example of tolerance and patience, every single person in the world is free to show his culture and be proud of it, been tolerance with this means respect them, don't judged and as they accept their own culture, you have to accept that in this world are people different to you, just as Emerson invites us to accept our culture also does it with our religions, Truth is within one’s self. Emerson posits that reliance upon institutionalized religion hinders the ability to grow mentally as an individual.

Also, Emerson mentions that citizens control the government so they have control. He also mentions how “nothing has authority over the self.” He says, “History cannot bring enlightenment; only individual searching can.” He believes that truth is inside a person and this is an authority, not institutions like religion

Emerson wrote how the community is a distraction to self-growth, by friendly visits, and family needs. He advocates more time being spent reflecting on one’s self. This can also happen in the community through a strong self-confidence. This would help the counseled to not sway from his beliefs in groups of people, this is a clear example of intolerance and impatient, we are constantly reflecting and over thinking about ourselves because sometimes the world and the people with we live don't comprehend the originality and be unique.

Emerson states, "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." He counsels his readers to do what they think is right no matter what others think, he also said that the people don't have to be conformist and always go for more and explore ourselves and personalities.

Emerson gives us an amazing and so wise message in this story, and we can see the caring everywhere you have to be caring with others and with yourself, he clearly said "to be great is to be misunderstood" sometimes to be different is to be good and you don't have to hide all of your feelings, thoughts, and beliefs, you just have to be caring with your own way to accept and love yourself in that way and love the others in the same way. In my opinion, to be self-reliance is to be full and happy with who you are and don't let the society changes you, but to reach that you need patience and caring not just with others and yourself, you need it to your, life your and everything is around you.

In conclusion, both of the values are reflected in the story (in my opinion) its a great story to makes reflect and analyze your whole life and actions.✨