Walden - Henry David Thoreau UL03 04 Sarah 08 Eleanor 09 Susy 12 Amily
A. Summary a.) Overview b.) Chapter summary: Chapter1 Economy Chapter2 Where I Lived, and WhatILived For Chapter3 Reading Chapter4 Sounds Chapter5 Solitude Chapter6 Visitors Chapter7 The Bean- Field Chapter8 The village Chapter9 The Ponds Chapter10 Baker Farm Chapter11 Higher Laws Chapter12 Brutes Neighbors Chapter13 House- Warming Chapter14 Former inhabitants; and Winter Visitors Chapter15 Winter Animals Chapter16 The Pond in winter Chapter17 Spring Chapter18 Conclusion
B.Time and Background Henry David Thoreau (July 12,1817 – May 6,1862) --- Naturalist, transcendentalist, writer and philosopher --- Transcendentalism (1830s) *Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) Abolitionism Anarchism Environmentalism ->Ecocriticism
C. Analysis and Significance a.)Main themes : 1.Self- reliance 2.The value of simplicity 3.The illusion of progress ->Seasonal cycle / poetry/ imaginary people b.) Symbols 1. Walden Pond 2. Animals 3. Ice
D. Questions a.) Who is the ideal man to Thoreau in Walden? 1. Old immortal (Ralph Waldo Emerson) 2. John Field 3. Ice cutters >4. Alex Therien b.) “The Pond” is best described as 1. A beautiful place for retirement 2. A good fishing site >3. The metaphor that illustrate Thoreau’s concept of the soul c.) Which ideology is not related to Thoreau? 1. Transcendentalism 2. Abolitionism 3. Environmentalism >4. Feminism d.) which is not the concept of Transcendentalism? 1. The unity of human and god 2. An ideal society with democracy and moral >3. The advocacy of capitalism e.) Would you want to spend a year or two living as Thoreau lived at Walden Pond? Why or why not?
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
ReplyDeleteUL03 04 Sarah 08 Eleanor 09 Susy 12 Amily
A. Summary
a.) Overview
b.) Chapter summary:
Chapter1 Economy
Chapter2 Where I Lived, and
WhatILived For
Chapter3 Reading
Chapter4 Sounds
Chapter5 Solitude
Chapter6 Visitors
Chapter7 The Bean- Field
Chapter8 The village
Chapter9 The Ponds
Chapter10 Baker Farm
Chapter11 Higher Laws
Chapter12 Brutes Neighbors
Chapter13 House- Warming
Chapter14 Former inhabitants;
and Winter Visitors
Chapter15 Winter Animals
Chapter16 The Pond in winter
Chapter17 Spring
Chapter18 Conclusion
B.Time and Background
Henry David Thoreau (July 12,1817 – May 6,1862)
--- Naturalist, transcendentalist, writer
and philosopher
--- Transcendentalism (1830s)
*Ralph Waldo Emerson
(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882)
Abolitionism
Anarchism
Environmentalism ->Ecocriticism
C. Analysis and Significance
a.)Main themes :
1.Self- reliance
2.The value of simplicity
3.The illusion of progress
->Seasonal cycle / poetry/ imaginary people
b.) Symbols
1. Walden Pond
2. Animals
3. Ice
D. Questions
a.) Who is the ideal man to Thoreau in Walden?
1. Old immortal (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
2. John Field
3. Ice cutters
>4. Alex Therien
b.) “The Pond” is best described as
1. A beautiful place for retirement
2. A good fishing site
>3. The metaphor that illustrate
Thoreau’s concept of the soul
c.) Which ideology is not related to Thoreau?
1. Transcendentalism
2. Abolitionism
3. Environmentalism
>4. Feminism
d.) which is not the concept
of Transcendentalism?
1. The unity of human and god
2. An ideal society with democracy
and moral
>3. The advocacy of capitalism
e.) Would you want to spend a year or
two living as Thoreau lived at
Walden Pond? Why or why not?