ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Henry teach Bailey?
A
How to read his mail
B
How to write his name
C
How to draw a tree
D
How to tap into his Universal Mind
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry draws letters in the dust of their cell floor, showing Bailey how to spell his name. Bailey is thrilled. Henry muses he’ll never stop being a teacher.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thoreau teaches Bailey how to write his name and inspires Bailey to live a full life after he is released from prison. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s son, who becomes friends with Thoreau when the Emersons hire Thoreau as a handyman.

Detailed explanation-3: -January 23-January 23, 2020. In 1846, the essayist, philosopher, abolitionist, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail after refusing to pay tax money that would support the war President James Polk singlehandedly waged against Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was a well-known advocate of transcendentalism, or the belief in the inherent goodness of people and nature, making a virtue of self-reliance. In his essay … On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Thoreau once wrote “That government is best which governs not at all”.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the end, Thoreau confesses his love to her. Ellen does not share these feelings, so the boat ride becomes awkward. Soon, she leaves. Henry decides to let her go, as she is not interested, and tells her to go meet with his brother John Thoreau at the church.

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