LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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materialism
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societal code
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government
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education
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau is highly critical of materialism and consumption. He argues that when people have a lot of wealth they begin to concentrate on how to spend their money, instead of on how they should live their lives.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main idea of “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau is to find the meaning of life. He set out to contemplate life and himself and to find out man’s role in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Civil Disobedience” was inspired by Thoreau’s arrest in 1846 for refusing for six years to pay a poll tax in protest of both slavery and the Mexican-American War.
Detailed explanation-4: -A life in harmony with nature The main themes in the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau are simplicity, self-reliance, and humility. Thoreau believed that a good life was one lived simply and with a focus on living in harmony with nature.