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    book “Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck‚ shows a true definition of how a community should look and act in chapter 17. He focuses not only in individual but how the whole nation suffers injustice due to economic crisis. In contrary‚ Henry David Thoreau wrote a piece‚ “Civil Disobedience”‚ where he clearly states that the

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    Henry David Thoreau lived through a time of great change in America and in the world. Born in 1817 in Concord‚ Massachusetts‚ Thoreau grew up in an environment that inspired many famous American authors such Nathanial Hawthorne‚ Louisa May Alcott‚ and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau was ‘mentored’ under Emerson and started writing in the transcendentalist fashion. In the 1840s‚ Thoreau wrote poetry about nature and started to follow the transcendentalist movement. The transcendentalist movement was

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    Throughout the history of literary work‚ every author has created their own original type of writing. Each author uses many techniques such as sensory language and symbolism. These strategies help the writer to develop the writer’s voice. During the Transcendentalism/American Renaissance period of literature‚ prose‚ fiction‚ and non-fiction used examples to define and clarify. The events and circumstances occurring in the United States at the time influenced their writing. Much like the poets of

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    The main thesis of “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods” by Henry David Thoreau‚ is that people do not need a life of luxury to survive‚ all they need is the necessities. Personally‚ what “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods‚” by Henry David Thoreau‚ has to do with me is that I rent my home because I cannot afford to buy a house. In “Walden; or‚ Life in the Woods‚” Thoreau explains to his fellow New Englanders that they appear to be “doing penance in a thousand remarkable ways.” He is talking about the way

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    Thoreau Taught Us How to Create a Better World‚ but Few Listened Imagine what the look on 19th century writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s face would be if he were transported to present day America. Now‚ if Thoreau thought that "export[ing] ice‚ talk[ing] through a telegraph‚ and rid[ing] thirty miles an hour" was superfluous‚ envision what he would think of our modern society (Thoreau excerpt). He would gasp at air conditioning and refrigeration‚ feel faint when he saw a computer or

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    questioned— highlighting its inherent ineffective praxis. Though flaws in the government systems are alluded to‚ Thoreau declares that he is not in favour of the government being eradicated per say‚ just improved. Society however‚ are called to realize that—even if the government is deemed ‘better’— there are ‘congenital’ defects of such an omnipresent and invasive authoritative body. Thoreau brilliantly uses diction‚ tone‚

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    subjectivity‚ and the primacy of the individual. Transcendentalist believed in self-reliance‚ individualism‚ and nature. They would’ve been considered the square pegs in the round hole. They shaped some of the nineteenth century. The wilderness for Thoreau and Krakauer was that they were free of evil spirts of modern society‚ they could live by their

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    first-handedly chronicles Henry David Thoreau?s two-year stay on Walden Pond‚ away from civilization. With nature as his only teacher‚ Thoreau is taught some of the most valuable lessons of his lifetime. One of Thoreau’s most prominent natural learned lessons is his deeply rooted sense of himself and his connection with the natural world. He relates nature‚ and his experiences within it‚ to his personal self rather than society as a whole. Many times in the novel‚ Thoreau urges his readers to break away

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    the concept of simplicity was a striking key factor. Thoreau clearly states in his first story “Economy”‚ “Moreover‚ I‚ on my side‚ require of every writer‚ first or last‚ a simple and sincere account of his own life…” (1). Simplicity comes from within and to realize the morale at such a young stage in life is a gift that many can cherish forever. Simple is best‚ how often do we find that as a contradiction‚ and how ironic that a man such as Thoreau would create irony in the word of simplicity. Within

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    Henry David Thoreau takes the motto "A government that governs least governs best" (1) to heart in his essay "Civil Disobedience". Throughout his controversial masterpiece‚ Thoreau criticizes the government for having too much power and interfering with the American population‚ but he also blames the governed for mindlessly obeying any law that is passed. Thoreau uses countless literary devices in order to make the touchy opinions presented in "Civil Disobedience" easier to understand and more

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