LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Take care of his brother
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Had to serve jail time
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Health issues
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Wife died
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Detailed explanation-1: -Proving to be a better scholar than his more fun-loving and popular elder brother John, he was sent to Harvard. He did well there and, despite having to drop out for several months for financial and health reasons, was graduated in the top half of his class in 1837. Thoreau’s graduation came at an inauspicious time.
Detailed explanation-2: -He quit because he objected to the use of corporal punishment on children and refused to take part in it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoreau died of tuberculosis in May 1862, a disease that first manifested itself in 1835 while he was a student at Harvard College. He had endured several years of declining health, starting with a bout of bronchitis.
Detailed explanation-4: -A bright student, Thoreau eventually went to Harvard College (now Harvard University). There he studied Greek and Latin as well as German. According to some reports, Thoreau had to take a break from his schooling for a time because of illness. He graduated from college in 1837 and struggled with what do to next.