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  • Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Paul Schacht
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo In reply to Olivia Kelly. I love this connection between chapters, @livikelly. I think there's no question that in "Conclusion," Thoreau lays particular emphasis on the importance of mental independence and inner exploration. I'd say that idea pervades Walden all the way through, though. In "Where I Lived, and […]
  • Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Paul Schacht
    Posted in: General Discussion In reply to Courtney Goodwin. @courtneygoodwin: I think this is a great point about the different ways that Thoreau references animals in Walden. Including their Latin genus-species names makes most sense when they're objects of his attention as a naturalist and less sense when he's referencing them to illustrate general truths […]
  • Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Elizabeth Clodfelter
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [? Be rather the Mungo Park, the Lewis and Clark and Frobisher, of your own streams and oceans; explore your own higher latitudes,—] This is a similar sentiment to Thoreau's remarks in Where I Lived, And What I Lived For about the railroads. In WILAWILF, Thoreau resists the invention […]
  • Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Brenna Cumming
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo Thoreau’s whole thing about “beaten tracks” in Conclusion reminds me of what he says earlier in “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For.” Back there, he talks about how people fall into routines without thinking and end up living those “quiet desperation” lives. Here, he uses the literal […]
  • Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Olivia Kelly
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo In this paragraph, Thoreau’s imagery of migration and movement echoes his earlier voice in “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” when he emphasizes the importance of breaking free from our routines that can limit human potential. I think that his earlier chapters focus more on physically removing […]