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Thoreau and Self reliance

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Ninjedi01
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On many different occaisions in Walden, Thoreau mentions the difficulties and sacrifices he made while living at Walden Pond. But does this mean that while living there Thoreau became self-reliant? He does not ever directly say so, what do you think?
Feb 2 2010 6:11PM
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amo
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that book. i didn't enjoy it
Feb 2 2010 6:13PM
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skijunkiedtm
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do your own English homework
Feb 2 2010 6:15PM
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wiglaf
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no, his mom and sister brought him "care packages" often.
Feb 2 2010 6:16PM
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jca
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yes, he's actually magic and summons the Philosophers Stone to live forever.

I enjoyed Walden though, it's an interesting book.

Feb 2 2010 6:24PM
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Gnarshred
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God i fucking hate transcendentalism. But hey thats just my opinion.
Feb 2 2010 6:32PM
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Dbouch
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The only thing that you need to know about Thoreau is how epic his neck beard is. I mean that shit wasn't even on his face.
Feb 2 2010 6:59PM
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[BRI]noceros
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i love Thoreau. basically he wasn't entirely self-reliant or totally seperated from society. that wasn't his intention, and wasn't what he did. he did however live in isolation because of his disapproval of society and a lot of what it stood for. he became more self reliant. in another one of his books, he wrote about how he went in total isolation for a shorter amount of time, and when he came back he realized that in life you need a balance. neither being totally isolated or being totally exposed to society are good things, you need a happy medium
Feb 2 2010 7:07PM
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