The Readers' Thoreau | Jenny Nguyen | Group Activity https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/members/jennaynguyen98/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Jenny Nguyen is a member. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:14:32 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 fef60a348cb413608fda76a1f21b477e annie durgin replied to the topic Economy in the forum Middletown HS Cunic https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/groups/middletown-hs-cunic/forum/topic/economy/page/5/#post-816 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:17:33 -0500 In “Economy”, Thoreau states that living simply is more beneficial rather living life extravagantly. To live a more beneficial life one must follow the four necessities of life which according to Thoreau are, “food, shelter, clothing, and fuel” (120). One may be born into a life with them, while others are forced to work to obtain them. Once on…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba2975ed76801ed5df3db8f4e075c00f Mike Durgin replied to the topic Economy in the forum Middletown HS Cunic https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/groups/middletown-hs-cunic/forum/topic/economy/page/4/#post-804 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 02:13:28 -0500 In “Economy”, Thoreau determines what is important and necessary for the survival and success of man. The necessaries that he describes are “Food, Shelter, Clothing and Fuel” (120) and if access to any one of these things were to be cut off, then one’s ability to live a stable life would be increasingly difficult. As Thoreau states, “for not till…[Read more]

]]> 0 163200f87a2146fb11dcf482ab5eb7af Annie "Pomegranate" Durgin joined the group Middletown HS Cunic https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/27621/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:48:45 -0500 0 97b9ca540596fd4a0effe595428cef23 Carrie Daughan replied to the topic Economy in the forum Middletown HS Cunic https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/groups/middletown-hs-cunic/forum/topic/economy/page/4/#post-800 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 01:46:09 -0500 It’s stated that the necessities in life are “Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Food” in Thoreau’s “Economy.” Anything beyond these essentials are superfluous . Thoreau states that “most of the luxuries… are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind” (122), meaning that as mankind becomes more focused on materi…[Read more]

]]> 0 72bc2290fd4047e5e1f48489f6f22986 Carrie Daughan replied to the topic Economy in the forum Middletown HS Cunic https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/groups/middletown-hs-cunic/forum/topic/economy/page/3/#post-789 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:37:51 -0500 (This is Kelcie, not Carrie. I wasn’t admitted into the group)

In Thoreau’s “Economy”, readers are able to attain a general knowledge of what Thoreau himself feels are the necessities of life. This being said, Thoreau believes these necessities are “Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel” (120).  These four essential things prove to be a part of…[Read more]

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