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    Google+ Gmail Calendar more All DocsEdit Into the Wild vs Thoreau ’s Walden Bally Elizabeth Bally Mr. Cunic English 11 Honors 13 Jan. 2013 Into the Wild vs. Walden Into the Wild is a movie based on the adventure of Chris McCandless as he breaks away from his civilized life and travels across the country to live in Alaska. Chris bases his journey off the core beliefs of the novel Walden by Henry David Thoreau. The novel is a description of Thoreau’s life as he exiles himself

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    In WaldenThoreau uses techniques to convey thoughtful reflection and unwavering confidence towards his actions and convictions. By contemplating his past ventures and personal beliefs‚ he urges the reader to take specific paths in life with a strong and forceful credibility. Thoreau’s use of syntax expresses his philosophical yet audacious approach towards his quest to live simply and without superfluous needs. The semicolons and commas in the first sentence of paragraph four string together his

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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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    Henry James Thoreau was a famous writer who viewed civilization as too ordinary. He wanted to experience life outside of his daily routine‚ so he lived in a cabin in the woods for a while. Most people believed that Thoreau was right to disagree with the basics of society. Because of this‚ he was put on a pedestal that shouldn’t have been created for him. Thoreau wrote a story called Walden based on his time spent in the woods‚ away from civilization. I believe that some of the points he makes within

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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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    Throughout Walden Thoreau states his opinion on varying subjects. I only agreed with a minority of what he believed. I often found myself disagreeing with what he said. Out of the whole book three points really stood out to me‚ two of which I find agreeable the other I think to be complete rubbish. I agree on the fact that people need to step aside from society every now and then so they can think for themselves and appreciate the simplicities of life. I also agree on the fact that people tend to

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    Walden Ⅰ. Introduction ‘Walden’ is a novel written by Henry David Thoreau‚ American famous author in1854. Thoreau is known for transcendentalism‚ simple living‚ and his strong political views. Thoreau has made a great contribution to improve people’s perception toward lives especially with the world-famous book Walden‚ or life in the woods. Written in a clear and direct language‚ Walden gives the image of the essence of life which can be found in the harmony with the nature. In literature‚ transcendental

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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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    viewed as greedy‚ judgemental‚ and diverse. Americans 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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    Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods (1854) by Henry David Thoreau Study Guide (1992) for Walden by Henry David Thoreau Written by David Barber‚ Associate Professor of English‚ University of Idaho About the time that Huck Finn and Jim were floating down the Mississippi in search of a home‚ Henry David Thoreau build a cabin on the shore of a small explains its motives. lake and lived there alone for two years. Walden describes the experiment and vulnerable to criticism by those who dislike

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