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- Comment on House-Warming 1-9 by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo In reply to Sky. I agree that this is interesting, @skyriedell! Not only because, as you point out, it's another expression of Thoreau's preference for simplicity over unnecessary luxuries, but also because his description of this imaginary house prefigures an entire architectural movement, the evidence of which is still […]
- Comment on Brute Neighbors 1-9 by Paul SchachtPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo In reply to Anna Enright. Terrific point, @annaenright. I suspect that Thoreau is using the word "hermit" somewhat ironically, with an awareness that some of his Concord neighbors probably see him as living a hermit-like existence in comparison with their own. In other words, he takes on the name […]
- Comment on Brute Neighbors 1-9 by Anna EnrightPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo I find Thoreau's description of himself as a "hermit" very interesting and slightly contradictory. Yes, he is living in isolation and left to his own devices, but is he really that isolated? I mean, Walden Pond is just two miles outside of the village of Concord. Also, just in […]
- Comment on House-Warming 1-9 by SkyPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo I find this paragraph really interesting, and there are a lot of things to pay attention to in this paragraph. One point I think he is trying to make is the comparison between things that are necessities for survival and things that are luxuries. Thoreau seems to frequently point […]
- Comment on Brute Neighbors 10-18 by Tori WebsterPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [I never learned which party was victorious, nor the cause of the war; but I felt for the rest of that day as if I had had my feelings excited and harrowed by witnessing the struggle, the ferocity and carnage, of a human battle before my door] I think […]