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Thoreau's Walden and the Craft of Deliberate Living — Homework
Reread the assigned Walden excerpts before answering.
- 1.Why does the word "deliberately" matter in Thoreau's opening sentence?
- 2.Explain "lives of quiet desperation" in your own words, and why the word "quiet" matters.
- 3.What does Walden Pond represent as an extended metaphor across the book?
- 4.Find one detail where Thoreau's plain, concrete prose style itself reflects the simplicity he argues for.
- 5.In six or more sentences, explain whether you think Thoreau's "quiet desperation" diagnosis still applies to modern life, with at least one specific example.
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