LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
To explain the benefits of living a life free from the complications of modern day society
|
|
|
To compare and contrast living in society versus living in isolation
|
|
|
To accurately define nature
|
|
|
To explain how to survive with only what nature offers
|
Detailed explanation-1: -It was his intention at Walden Pond to live simply and have time to contemplate, walk in the woods, write, and commune with nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoreau’s purpose in the text is to convince readers on what an ideal life is. As mentioned before, Thoreau believes that life must be simple in order to enjoy.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -What is Thoreau’s primary purpose in Walden? He is trying to persuade readers to live a simple life.