LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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He burned down a barn
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He flogged his students
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He stole fruit from a farmer
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He didn’t pay his taxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -After leaving Walden Pond, he continued writing, fought for the abolition of slavery, and traveled across North America advocating for conservation of natural resources. Thoreau died in 1862, but his writings continue to inspire great thinkers even today.
Detailed explanation-2: -Of overriding importance to Thoreau was his refusal to sanction the evil institution of slavery, and thus his violation of the Fugitive Slave Laws and his participation in the Underground Railway to freedom for escaped slaves.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Between the time he moved in and his departure from Walden on September 6, 1847, Thoreau lived self-sufficiently, as he wrote in the first paragraph of Walden “earning my living by the labor of my hands only.” He fished and grew beans, potatoes, corn, peas, and turnips, selling what he did not need for his own use.