Recent Comments
- Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by BryanPosted in: Choate RH 2025 I believe that in this paragraph Thoreau is referencing the obscurity of his past works, calling out the ignorance of the average consumer. He then criticizes the purity that man hopes for to be like the mists of the earth and not the azure ether beyond. I am not completely […]
- Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2025 Your reflection really resonates with me, Coyan, and I think it's interesting that you linked it to that motif (i.e. recurring idea) of paying attention. The book began with a sort of critique of modern economics and modern society. Your point about the giraffes (how we get bored and then […]
- Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2025 In reply to lkahu. Thanks for this reflection, Lois -- you pose so many thought-provoking questions! Something that I'm left wondering after reading this passage and your reflection on it is, why do we so easily fall into the trap of comparison? I can't imagine that it's simply human "nature"-- […]
- Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by CoyanPosted in: Choate RH 2025 [Yet we should oftener look over the tafferel of our craft, like curious passengers, and not make the voyage like stupid sailors picking oakum. The other side of the globe is but the home of our correspondent. Our voyaging is only great-circle sailing, and the doctors prescribe for diseases of […]
- Comment on Conclusion 10-19 by TashiPosted in: Choate RH 2025 This passage really speaks to me as it challenges a struggle that students come across including me. Thoreau values living in his own way instead of rushing to match what others are doing to reach success. The line "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it […]
