The Readers' Thoreau | Elena Vasquez | Activity https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/members/elenavasquez/activity/ Activity feed for Elena Vasquez. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:35:26 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7ffe29f375c043a899a1105f3eaafb4f Elena Vasquez commented on the page, on the site Walden https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/where-i-lived-and-what-i-lived-for/where-i-lived-and-what-i-lived-for-1-12/#comment-4084 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:39:34 -0500 Thoreau uses smilies, metaphors, and personification to describe the Pond’s natural beauty. His in-depth descriptions demonstrates he connection and love for the beauty nature can provide.

]]> c3340c6bdcc155550913ddfbb3a9238e Elena Vasquez commented on the page, on the site Walden https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/brute-neighbors/brute-neighbors-10-18/#comment-4083 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:36:57 -0500 Thoreau links two ants fighting to the American soldiers. He is able to connect human qualities and aspects to creatures in nature.

]]> 6a8bd094cc3283815f160002702633cc Elena Vasquez commented on the page, on the site Walden https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/the-bean-field/the-bean-field-1-8/#comment-4082 Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:34:26 -0500 [inexhaustible entertainment]

Thoreau looks onto nature and the creatures in it fondly as he describes the [inexhaustible entertainment] which nature presents to him.

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