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Walden Henry David Thoreau

Mantras of Thoreau “For a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” Summary Modern day application:

Imagination “ I let him keep the ten dollars and the farm too…As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.” Summary: Practical application:

Practical application: I think I shall not buy greedily, but go round and round it as long as I live, and be buried in it first, that it may please me the more at last… Summary: Practical application:

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately… Summary: Practical Application:

Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity… Simplify, simplify Summary Modern application:

Summary: Modern Application: The nation is overgrown…with furniture…by luxury and heedless expense…But if we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? We do not ride on railroad: it rides on us Summary: Modern Application:

Summary: Modern Application: By my experience; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected… Summary: Modern Application:

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Summary: Modern Application:

Summary: Modern Application: Love your life… Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.. Summary: Modern Application:

Synthesis Prompt After reading the following sources-make an argument that addresses the following prompt: Are Emerson and Thoreau’s philosophies applicable in contemporary society? Either Support or challenge this question. You must use evidence from at least 3 of the listed sources.

Position Claim One sentence. Guiding compass for the essay. Your claim should support or challenge the idea that Emerson and Thoreau’s philosophies are relevant today. Emerson and Thoreau’s ideas towards living minimally or simply are profoundly appropriate in contemporary society. Emerson and Thoreau’s ideas towards living minimally or simply counter the important notions of contemporary society such as progress, consumerism, and invention.

Sources A Thoreau quote- Pick one that captures their ideals/philosophy. An Emerson Quote-Pick one that captures their ideals/philosophy. Pete Carrol article A Healthy Appetite Calvin and Hobbs cartoon. Prefab housing

Chart work 1. For each article- write a summary that is at least a paragraph long and add your own commentary/interpretation after the summary. A. What does the article say? B. What do you say? C. How does it fit with your claim? Supports it or refutes it.

Prompt Read the following sources carefully. Then write a position claim on whether you think Emerson and Thoreau’s philosophies are applicable in contemporary society? Either support or challenge this notion.