ENGLISH 2H06 Lecture Notes - Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau, Mock-Heroic
23 Nov 2012
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895 let us spend one day as deliberately as nature . And not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito"s wings that fall on the rails . Railroad and telegraph used in earlier work to show that society moves too quickly. Enjoyment cultures (enjoyment, stagnation) vs. excitement cultures (novelty, change) The medium is the message thoreau ridicules this. Talks about people being addicted to the newspaper. Uses very common clich s and proverbial expressions. We spend so much of our lives sacrificing the present to the past and future thoreau always talks about time. Whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Breaking fast braking fast eating vs. stopping the train. 892 i went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately . When i came to die, discover that i had not lived . Long clause, all single syllable words except discover which speeds up the line.
