LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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communicate with nature
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buy all the farms in the area
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talk to the farmer’s wife
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build a cabin
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the beginning of the selection from Walden, what does Thoreau allow himself to do through his imagination? He thinks about buying the farm and living on it.
Detailed explanation-2: -He explains that he writes in response to the curiosity of his townsmen, and draws attention to the fact that Walden is a first-person account. He writes of himself, the subject he knows best. Through his story, he hopes to tell his readers something of their own condition and how to improve it.
Detailed explanation-3: -For two years, beginning in 1845, writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond. The purpose was to acquire a better appreciation of nature and find an escape from the surrounding world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Henry David Thoreau lived for a little over two years in Walden Woods and learned from this environment the importance of living simply and sustainably and in harmony with nature.