ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Thoreau believes that technological advances lead to a better way of life?
A
False
B
True
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau would say that technology is a great advantage to human kinds, however, it distance us from nature environment, it consumes too much time and money, and the machine is controlling our life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Transcendentalists valued individualism and self-reliance Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller were among the principals of the movement. The Transcendentalists believed there is a divine spirit in nature and in every living soul. Through individualism and self-reliance human beings could reunite with God.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a self-described Transcendentalist, Thoreau believes in the individual’s power to live an everyday life charged with meaning, and he has faith in self-reliance over societal institutions, focusing instead on the goodness of humankind and the profound lessons it can learn from nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” and Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” stressed social responsibility, intuition, and individualism. These men were very respected then and are still very well known today as great writers, inspiring civil rights leaders and influential minds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American philosopher, poet, environmental scientist, and political activist whose major work, Walden, draws upon each of these various identities in meditating upon the concrete problems of living in the world as a human being.

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