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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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    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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    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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    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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    Where I lived… I’ve lived in many places growing up but I was born in Baltimore‚ MD so of course that’s where most of my love would go. Ayee‚ go Ravens! (lol) But as a teenager‚ my favorite place I’ve lived at would have to be Virginia. It’s where I met my first “love” and met all my‚ what used to be‚ friends. While living in Virginia‚ I lived in two places – Chesterfield‚ VA and Fort Lee‚ which is on the Petersburg and Hopewell line. Living on Fort Lee was my favorite. Fort Lee is an army base

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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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    Where I Lived and What I Lived For” Essay You are homeless and have almost no possessions. Would you consider yourself rich or poor? You would call yourself poor‚ of course. Henry David Thoreau would disagree. In the mid1800s he decided to abandon civilization and live alone on Walden Pond. For two years he lived in a cabin away from other people. He was free of the complications of normal life and lived very simply‚ without worries. In his essay‚ Thoreau claims that those without many possessions

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    The Tragic Hero and Happiness in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer‚ fascinated by a young man in April 1992 who hitchhiked to Alaska and lived alone in the wild for four months before his decomposed body was discovered‚ writes the story of Christopher McCandless‚ in his national bestseller: Into the Wild. McCandless was always a unique and intelligent boy who saw the world differently. Into the Wild explores all aspects of McCandless’s life in order to better understand the reason why a smart‚ social

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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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