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- Comment on Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 1-12 by AveryPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo I thought that some of Thoreau's strongest use of symbolism and metaphor, lied in his description of the Hollowell farm. Though this was not the most intriguing paragraph within this chapter, I found myself very interested in the imagistic detail surrounding the landscape of the Hollowell farm and how […]
- Comment on Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 13-23 by Fiona GreenPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me. ] Thoreau suggests that time, especially in the mornign is not just a clock measured quantity but also a spiritual condition. True “morning” happens when a person is awakened inwardly, not just physically. This means that […]
- Comment on Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 13-23 by Anna EnrightPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo I find this whole paragraph captures Thoreau's beliefs of how we can use time for our benefit. He expresses how the morning is the time to get started and is when all good work gets produced. I really like how he describes the morning as "the most memorable season […]
- Comment on Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 13-23 by Beck FoxPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?] Thoreau is a large proponent of slowing down and appreciating what one already has in life. Much of his appreciation for Walden Pond thus far has been its wealth of natural beauty and its distance from town, which […]
- Comment on Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 1-12 by JaidynPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [To my imagination it retained throughout the day more or less of this auroral character, reminding me of a certain house on a mountain which I had visited a year before. This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit to entertain a travelling god, and where a goddess might […]