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    Thoreau always knew that nature had a deeper meaning than what is just on the surface. He knew Walden Pond not just on the surface but he dove into Walden Pond and found greater meanings. Thoreau was a Transcendentalist‚ who believed that there was this higher meaning behind nature. He believed that one could find God in the nature that was around. And Throughout Walden‚ Henry David Thoreau observes nature as this element that has a greater meaning and that meaning is that new life and rebirth can

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    the essay‚ “Where I Lived‚ And what I Live For”‚ Henry David Thoreau writes about his experience moving and living in woods at Walden Pond. He describes how he would cut things he would do in his daily life down to proportion; for instance‚ instead of eating three times a day‚ just once. Through this experience‚ Thoreau is able convey his values and how he sees life. He introduces values such as naturalism‚ individualism‚ and self-sufficiency. Thoreau claims he moves to Walden because he "wished to

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    are greedy people because they desire for more materialistic objects than needed. Henry David Thoreau in “Excerpt from Walden” expresses the fact that Americans have a lot of materialistic things. Thoreau states‚ “ The luxuriously rich are not simply kept warm but uncomfortably hot”(Paragraph.6 ). Thoreau is trying to explain that Americans have so much from the essential materials that they need to have. That’s why

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    more than a literary genre‚ but also a philosophy. It was a lifestyle that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau lived and promoted. These two men were considered the Fathers of Transcendentalism‚ and each wrote several essays and stories based around this mindset in hopes of acquiring more followers for the social movement. The two men had different focus through their studies though‚ Thoreau more concerned on government and its influence on man. He was very intrigued by the transcendentalist

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    Recollections of the Past: From Pioneer Naturalist to Mountaineer Buddhist (Thoreau and Kerouac) An old adage says "never let the truth get in the way of a good story". However‚ where is the line drawn between embellishment and fabrication? Artistic privilege is just as it sounds; a liberty to manipulate and coerce verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ and other parts of speech and sentence structure to yield a far more pleasing narrative. As with any privilege there comes responsibility‚ in this

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    "He keeps casting conformity behind him". Henry David Thoreau was never one to conform to society’s norms. It is very apparent that this entire play’s main idea is nonconformity. That is the way Thoreau lived his life. Many transcendentalists speak of what they wish to live their life as‚ however‚ it was Thoreau who went further than just discussing Transcendentalism; he put it into practice when he refused to pay the poll tax that supported the war efforts. He lived in the way he viewed as correct

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    Henry David Thoreau asks‚ in his essay‚ “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them‚ or shall we endeavor to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded‚ or shall we transgress them at once?” (184) The answer will depend on which side of the law or the laws you are on‚ minority or majority. When the laws are made by the majority the laws can’t all be just‚ expect for the majority that wanted it. Should the wise minority be able to disobey laws that were created by the majority? Obeying

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    well-known for his views on transcendentalism; he was a bright man to say the least. Unknown to most of the public‚ however‚ he too‚ was suffering from the raging grip of dementia. Thoreau was born on July 12‚ 1817. His father worked at a local pencil factory and his mother rented out homes to boarders. From a young age‚ Thoreau had a zeal for life and excelled in his studies. Through rigorous work and determination‚ he was accepted into Harvard University where he studied Greek‚ Latin‚ and German. In

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    Quiz 16: Thoreau Directions: Answer the following questions in paragraph format. Be thorough in your response‚ use examples from the text‚ and be sure to address all parts of each question. 1. In the final paragraphs of “Solitude‚” Thoreau asks the following rhetorical questions: “Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself?” What does he mean when he writes “intelligence with the earth” (a very different thing from saying intelligence of the

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    Deforestation has become an issue that is affecting our environment. Henry David Thoreau explains in his book “Walden” how to environment was conserved during his years of living in the forest. Thoreau brings up a point that we need to live within our means instead of building lavish homes‚ which impacts our environment and leads to deforestation. Over population is impacting our world like never before. Our world is growing and is causing a list of problems that include deforestation‚ shortage

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