LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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To reconnect with nature
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To re-evaluate his way of living
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To escape the pressures of society
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To write a book
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In 1845, 27 year-old Henry David Thoreau built a simple house on the shore of Walden Pond on land owned by his friend and influential writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. He lived here for two years, two months and two days. This pe-riod became transformative for him and, ultimately, a meaningful reflection for us all.
Detailed explanation-3: -He explains that he chose this place because he “wished to live deliberately, ” to simplify everything in his life to the barest of necessities so that he could really live.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Henry David Thoreau lived for a little over two years in Walden Woods and learned from this environment the importance of living simply and sustainably and in harmony with nature.