ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Explain Thoreau’s cruise metaphor. Why has Thoreau put gloves on the chickens? Thoreau put gloves on the chickens because they were uprooting the plants in the garden.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deacon Ball is a respected and stern teacher, who believes strongly in corporal punishment and believes Thoreau should do so, which Thoreau refuses. John is Henry’s older brother, who shares many of the beliefs of Henry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ralph Waldo Emerson Waldo gives many lectures at Harvard outlining the beliefs of Transcendentalism, and he finds a willing acolyte in one of his audience members, Henry David Thoreau. Waldo hires Henry as a handyman and tutor for his son, Edward, in exchange for the use of a piece of Waldo’s wooded estate.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -What does Henry do to anger the churchgoers? Henry shows up outside the church with a wheelbarrow full of earth and talks about how he has been feeding and ministering to the natural world.