The Readers' Thoreau | Mary Robicheaux | Activity https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/members/mrobicheaux/activity/ Activity feed for Mary Robicheaux. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:35:26 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6378a2cdb52f01c297a757d85fba5c03 Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Spring 1-13 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/spring/spring-1-13/#comment-3786 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:53:24 -0500 I agree. Thoreau is a well-know figure, so people will have various opinions and perceptions of him, regardless of what his true character is.

]]> 0 e59365d83b11bd169c0d45b538b7cb57 Mary Robicheaux changed their profile picture https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/34715/ Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:05:37 -0500 0 009b3f49d652172dd7102e2524cf667c Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post The Village in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/the-village/#comment-3759 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:38:16 -0500 Thoreau doesn’t seem like the type of person who would be fazed by going to jail, given his intellectual and thoughtful nature. So while his experiences in jail would be interesting for the reader, I’m not […]

]]> 0 fea49cae04482967c0aca85d734aaf44 Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Visitors 1-11 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/visitors/visitors-1-11/#comment-3757 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:18:45 -0500 “I am naturally no hermit” could be referring to the fact that humans are social beings and, by nature, don’t like to be alone for long periods of time.

]]> 0 3767edce1ea27b8bf5611b102e8246fa Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post House-Warming 10-19 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/house-warming/house-warming-10-19/#comment-3754 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:56:27 -0500 [ I withdrew yet farther into my shell, and endeavored to keep a bright fire both within my house and within my breast.]

I admire Thoreau’s continued motivation to keep his spirits up despite not exactly enjoying […]

]]> 0 2fd6a6ed03bf3c435319d7d59b79aa41 Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Visitors 1-11 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/visitors/visitors-1-11/#comment-3752 Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:39:19 -0500 Well, because two chairs represent friendship, and more than two people is a group, one could conclude that three chairs makes a group. Society is essentially a group of people with a shared purpose or belief, so […]

]]> 0 1222f31fc5ab220fbca5533a8ef461ef Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Higher Laws in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/higher-laws/#comment-3747 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:05:05 -0500 I did not expect Thoreau to support vegetarianism mainly because I assumed he was like most people in that they thought eating meat was a natural way of life. However, Thoreau is not like most people, as he […]

]]> 0 0e427ac9759de58fa038d5f2b733505b Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Reading in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/reading/#comment-3745 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 01:50:09 -0500 [By such a pile we may hope to scale heaven at last.]

Thoreau holds books in high regard, as seen by this use of imagery. By using books as a means to reach heaven, which is the ultimate goal to most people, […]

]]> 0 c901cee2ec1b60e2f9389d9ab5726172 Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Where I Lived, And What I Lived For 13-23 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/where-i-lived-and-what-i-lived-for/where-i-lived-and-what-i-lived-for-13-23/#comment-3718 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:02:54 -0500 [To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?]

These three sentences seem to comment on how routine most of society is. People generally go […]

]]> 0 b2fb8be8389a1052a6a1e494df25ecb1 Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Visitors 1-11 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/visitors/visitors-1-11/#comment-3717 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 06:54:56 -0500 [but the most proper and considerate course.]

I found it interesting that to Thoreau, not offering food to guests was considered polite and proper. This is opposite of today, as people now generally expect food […]

]]> 0 0050caa0b8f16ffd85205c8d8b91551e Mary Robicheaux left a comment on a post Reading in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/reading/#comment-3714 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 07:53:49 -0500 [Yet I sustained myself by the prospect of such reading in future.]

This sentence stuck out to me as a small, but clear, example of Thoreau’s “why”. Although Thoreau had a bigger “why” that was the main […]

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