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1 L/O/G/O The Differences between Emerson and Thoreau 纪爽

2 Emerson: Henry, what are you doing in there? Thoreau: What are you doing out there?

3 www.themegallery.com Boston Massachusetts The second of five sons Eight Father dead Two wives 1803--1882

4 Leading citizen and minister The second

5 www.themegallery.com Lidian and her second son Concord home “Bush”

6 www.themegallery.com Concord Massachusetts Value education Studied at Harvard 1817--1862

7 Pencil maker and businessman Two older siblings( 兄弟姐 妹 ) Younger sister

8 Emerso n theorist Enjoy talking about the pleasures that can be found in nature Enjoy the comforts of civilization more

9 Thorea u activist Go in the forest without anything Isolate himself in a little house in the woods Want a simple life

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13 In proportion as he (man) simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. Walden

14 The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost of his feet. Self-Reliance

15 Speak on a much more fluidic philosophy Illustrate his argument with concept Much more structured in his approach Use descriptive examples If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be He has a fine Geneva watch, but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun ThoreauEmerson 流体的

16 what the arguments are asking the reader to think Thoreau is teaching that man should alleviate the mind of too much structure. He writes about “laws,” letting them change and the person adapt to a more simplified life that will in turn liberate suffering. Emerson is asking his reader to do away with modern luxuries and garner a more practical knowledge rather than strictly the knowledge gained from books and such. 减轻 储存

17 www.themegallery.com Diagnosed with pneumonia in 1882 Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord Wear a white robe in his coffin

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19 www.themegallery.com Died of TB when he was only 45 Because of his family pencil factory The dust weakened his lungs

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21 www.themegallery.com THANK YOU


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