LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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He accidentally burns down a cabin.
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He accidentally starts a forest fire that burns over 100 acres.
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His marriage fails
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He chops down too many trees
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Detailed explanation-1: -Not long before Henry David Thoreau retired to a solitary cabin by Walden Pond, he accidentally burned down 300 acres of woods and nearly set fire to Concord.
Detailed explanation-2: -Did Thoreau really start a major forest fire accidentally, and how old was he at that time? Yes, Thoreau did accidentally set a fire that he says burned over a hundred acres. It was on April 30, 1844; he was 26 at the time.
Detailed explanation-3: -For two years, beginning in 1845, writer and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of Walden Pond. The purpose was to acquire a better appreciation of nature and find an escape from the surrounding world. He chronicled his experience in the book Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.
Detailed explanation-4: -In May 1862, Thoreau died of the tuberculosis with which he had been periodically plagued since his college years. He left behind large unfinished projects, including a comprehensive record of natural phenomena around Concord, extensive notes on American Indians, and many volumes of his daily journal jottings.