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    In Henry David Thoreau ‘s Walden Thoreau expresses his perception of what is real and genuine. To him reality is your own perception. If a person wants to‚ they can control how they look at life. In the chapterWhere I lived‚ and What I Lived For”‚ Thoreau tells us “When we are unhurried and wise‚ we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence‚ - that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.” What Thoreau means is that if we settle

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    Entry V. “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” by Henry David Thoreau. Genre: Classic Essay 1. Thoreau declares his higher purpose as going off into the woods (deliberately) in search to learn of the truth. He lived to reduce life to “its lowest terms” and to find the true and genuine meaning of the world. He wants to know it solely by getting to experience it in different terms compared to others; Thoreau just wants to live and not be caught up in a materialistic society. 2. “I went to the woods

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    vibrant greens or a golden sun illuminating the entire compositions. An extremely significant line from “Where I lived and What I lived for” is “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture‚ or to carve a statue‚ and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look‚ which morally we can do.” Thoreau was saying that the individual controls the meaning of the art of living. The control the way that they

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” Through paragraphs 7 and 8‚ Henry David Thoreau utilizes certain rhetorical strategies to convey his attitude toward life‚ generally being that he dislikes the impostor way of life in which everyone lives now. His message through this writing of his is that he plans to actually “live” the ideal way of life‚ which is the way of life that has always been meant to be for everyone. Written during the 19th century‚ while the movement of

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    Henry David Thoreau’s Where I lived‚ and What I Lived For I found Henry David Thoreau?s ?Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For? made a very convincing argument. He has many examples to support his beliefs. Thoreau stresses the importance and value of living the simplest life nature affords‚ which I believe is as important now as it was in his day. ?Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For? Opens with Thoreau describing how he came to live in a small‚ dilapidated cabin near Walden Pond. He speaks

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    Where I lived and What I Lived For’ – Henry David Thoreau Many of Henry D. Thoreau’s ideas are clearly seen in his piece of writing ‘Where I Lived and What I Lived For’. Through his work‚ not only do we learn about his experience in the woods at Walden Pond‚ but also about his values and the way he sees life‚ which he shares with his readers all throughout the chapter. In my opinion‚ of the most significant topics this chapter deals with is ‘the beauty of nature’. As said by Thoreau‚ "The morning

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    Henry David Thoreau‚ a writer at odds with life‚ considered a philosopher to some‚ and a nutjob to others‚ has nevertheless placed into perspective a great deal of ideas about life and its meaning. He‚ unlike others of his time‚ shunned wealth and materialistic things that had no spiritual value. He wanted to be at peace with himself and with God’s creations around him‚ and so‚ gave society his back and wen off into the wilderness to make a life on his own. Thoreau was a man who like his space

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    In “WaldenWhere I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” (1924)‚ Henry David Thoreau claims people should have sufficient resources and live a simple life. Thoreau illustrates his claim by comparing his riches to someone who wasn’t as wealthy as him and also by defining what people think reality is‚ “ I found thus that I had been a rich man without any damage to my poverty.” and “ Let us settle ourselves‚ and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion‚ and prejudice‚ and tradition

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    What the text says What the text means Rhetorical Devices I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life‚ and see if I could not learn what it had to teach‚ and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived. Thoreau wanted to get the most from his life by determining what was really important. In this quote Thoreau uses the rhetorical device‚ aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth‚ such as‚ “if it ain’t broke‚

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    Where I Lived and What I Lived For Analysis Henry David Thoreau‚ the author of this piece‚ lived in the mid-1800s. Throughout his life‚ Thoreau was an author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ abolitionist‚ naturalist‚ tax resister‚ development critic‚ surveyor‚ historian‚ and leading transcendentalist. The Stanford Dictionary defines transcendentalism as a religious and philosophical movement that focused on the belief that everyone has inherent goodness; however‚ society and its organizations destroy a person’s

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