ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Henry teach his cellmate?
A
How to spell his name.
B
How to be a transcendentalist.
C
How to read.
D
How to huckleberry.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -He quit because he objected to the use of corporal punishment on children and refused to take part in it.

Detailed explanation-3: -She agrees, and out on the water, Henry tries to explain Transcendentalism to her. He explains to Ellen that she loves her father, and always will, even if he is not beautiful or talented, and cannot fly like a bird or swim like a fish. She loves something about him that transcends what he actually is.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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