LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Independence day, illustrating the stark contrast between societal holidays and personal ego.
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President’s Day, signifying the importance of past Transcendental thought on American societal structure.
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Independence day, signifying the beginning of his own personal independence and self-reliance.
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Valentine’s Day, illustrating how love of others is paramount to self-realization.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He becomes a homeowner instead at Walden, moving in, significantly, on July 4, 1845-his personal Independence Day, as well as the nation’s.
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 4, 1845, Thoreau moved into the cabin on Walden Pond. Soon after, Harvard asked what he had been up to and Thoreau detailed his adventures for his alma mater.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoreau bought an old shanty from an Irish laborer and built himself a small 10’ x 15’ house, moving in on Independence Day 1845. economically. While he lived at Walden Pond between July 4, 1845 and September 6, 1847, he took long “saunters” through the woods, and journaled extensively about nature and simple living.
Detailed explanation-4: -I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.