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- Comment on Economy 45-58 by Fiona GreenPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [men have become the tools of their tools] This sentence reminds me of the article "What happened when my yale students gave up their phones for 4 weeks" The article discusses how once students gave up their phones, they were able to regain focus, control, and confidence. I think […]
- Comment on Economy 15-29 by Beck FoxPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [so important to human life that few, if any, whether from savageness, or poverty, or philosophy, ever attempt to do without it] Thoreau spends much of this chapter criticizing other things deemed "necessary of life" to others, such as lavish homes and numerous clothes. In our modern era it […]
- Comment on Economy 59-70 by Marlea PetrozielloPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo Hawthorne and Thoreau both show us what it means to truly live, but in their own ways. Hawthorne finds joy in quiet moments, like wandering through nature, watching his daughter, daydreaming, or tending a garden and reminds us that an “unwasted life” comes from paying attention to our own […]
- Comment on Economy 1-14 by Meredith GuertinPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity" is a quote from this paragraph that stuck out to me because it reminds me of my life and how sometimes I wish I could blink and be done with a certain time in my life, but that would hinder […]
- Comment on Economy 45-58 by Elizabeth ClodfelterPosted in: ENGL 340 S26 Geneseo [savages] After reading Rebecca Solnit's article, I think it's very interesting how Thoreau's abolitionist views somehow do not equate to respect for indigenous people. The use of the term "savage", while it may have been normalized at the time, is not defensible because it was also normal to own […]