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- Comment on Winter Animals by Paul SchachtPosted in: General Discussion In reply to Deborah Tirone. @tirone: Whether or not Thoreau was thinking of his own effort at self-realization in describing the foxes, it's easy to see a parallel. I like your idea. I think it's interesting, too, that at first the foxes aspire to be dogs, and then, in the next […]
- Comment on Winter Animals by Deborah TironePosted in: General Discussion The Chapter "Winter Animals", and especially paragraph four make me wonder if in Thoreau's descriptions of the sounds and activity of the animals, he was really describing his own emotions "... as if laboring with some anxiety, or seeking expression, struggling for light ..." and his views on humankind "... awaiting […]
- Comment on Conclusion 1-9 by Fiona GreenPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo In this paragraph, Thoreau urges readers to “advance confidently in the direction of their dreams” and to live deliberately, even if their path looks unconventional. This echoes the message he introduced much earlier in “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” where he talks about stripping life down […]
- Comment on Spring 14-26 by Fiona GreenPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo I absolutely love this paragraph and think the idea of every new day being a fresh start is incredibly important. So many people get stuck in a loop of negativity, letting the weight of one bad day spill into the next. The ability to let go, reset, and start […]
- Comment on Spring 1-13 by AveryPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo Thoreau's description and metaphorical use of the pond conveys many themes about change and how even the most stable of, the most set in our ways, can have our perspectives, values, and ideas altered. Thoreau really emphasizes a sort of cycle here with the pond as it thunders in […]