LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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The loon symbolizes nature
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The loon symbolizes Thoreau’s fears
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The loon symbolizes Thoreau’s pursuit of the truth
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The loon symbolizes madness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, the loon represents those ideal qualities that the narrator wants to possess in his personality. His failure to “catch” the loon signifies his failure to develop those qualities in himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Walden Pond, at the edge of which he lives, symbolizes the spiritual significance of nature. Every morning, Thoreau takes a bath in the pond and calls it a religious experience, reminding him of nature’s endless capacity to renew life and stirring him to higher aspirations.
Detailed explanation-3: -By calling the loons sound a laugh, he is personifying the loon which is showing how humans and animals are similar.
Detailed explanation-4: -Quote 1. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. This sentence, which appears in the first chapter, “Economy, ” is perhaps the most famous quotation from Walden.