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- Comment on The Ponds 1-17 by Michael CrowleyPosted in: ENGL 340 S25 Geneseo Thoreau uses fishing to connect himself with nature both physically and mentally. He physically tethers himself to the pond and its inhabitants with his fishing rod, waiting "to feel this faint jerk, which came to interrupt your dreams and link you to Nature again". Thoreau describes his mind as […]
- Comment on The Village by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S25 Geneseo In reply to Arlette Alvarez. I love this quotation, too, @aethernet. "Outside" is clearly where Thoreau prefers to be much of the time, and his description of his as-yet unfinished house in Where I Lived paragraph 8 is interesting in this respect, since it depicts the house as a […]
- Comment on The Bean-Field 9-17 by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S25 Geneseo In reply to Adanna Wolf. So much to think about in your comment here, @akw11! Although it's impossible to know the exact nature of Thoreau's religious beliefs, it's clear that he puts a high value on what we might call the "spiritual" aspect of existence. If he worships a […]
- Comment on The Village by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S25 Geneseo In reply to Haley Hoyt. You're not the first reader to make that assumption, @hjh8. But as you rightly notice here, Thoreau makes it clear to his readers that he was very far from isolated, walking into the village of Concord, as he writes here, "every few days," and […]
- Comment on Visitors 12-18 by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S25 Geneseo In reply to Aubrey. Yes, great observation, @aubreysp. "Originality" is one of the qualities of character that Thoreau most values.
