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    Henry David Thoreau "Simplify! was Thoreau ’s motto" in his life (Stanley 20). He showed people how to live simple life by living a simple life in Walden. Due to Thoreau ’s efforts and works on nature people considers a nature an important part in their lives‚ as a result nature became one of the top topics in 21st century. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12‚ 1817‚ in Concord‚ Massachusetts (Meltzer 11). His parents were John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau (12). Henry had three siblings

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    pond. Who would choose a life like this? Henry David Thoreau did‚ and he enjoyed it. Who was Henry David Thoreau‚ what did he do‚ and what did others think of his work? Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts on July 12‚ 1817 ("Thoreau" 96)‚ on his grandmother’s farm. Thoreau‚ who was of French-Huguenot and Scottish-Quaker ancestry‚ was baptized as David Henry Thoreau‚ but at the age of twenty he legally changed his name to Henry David. Thoreau was raised with his older sister Helen

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    means something different to everyone. To Henry David Thoreau it means not being locked down to the rules of society. To be free from social slaughter of word of mouth. Free from taxes that society is forced to pay and why? Because some big shot said so? Thoreau was a man in a natural world‚ he knew true happiness‚ he didn’t care about society and class‚ never felt alone‚ he believed in an existence far different than we do‚ John Muir lived a life like Thoreau‚ and modern society is not capable of living

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    Henry David Thoreau INTRODUCTION Henry David Thoreau was an American author‚ poet‚ abolitionist‚ naturalist‚ tax resister‚ development critic‚ surveyor‚ historian ‚ philosopher andtranscendentalist. Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life. He is best known for his book Walden‚ a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings‚ and his essay‚ Civil Disobedience‚ an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral

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    Jennifer Castillo    Mrs. Gates     4A    Henry David Thoreau      “It’s both a blessing and a curse to feel everything so very deeply”(d.j). “The Moon” is a poem  about a man who fell in love with the moon. The man has a faulty life‚ but his love for the moon  helps him look past the life he hates. The man describes his love for the moon in a passionate  way‚ and his love for her makes him lose sight of the problems within his life. He sees the  moon’s light as a sign that darkness is beauty a

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    Henry David Thoreau: An American Non-Conformist Could you survive living in the woods by yourself for twenty two months? Would you be willing to go to jail to protest something you truly believed in? Henry David Thoreau did both of these things in his short life. Thoreau was a carpenter‚ ecologist‚ writer and philosopher. He was never famous in his lifetime‚ and actually many of his peers thought some of his ideas and actions were crazy‚ but we now look back on Thoreau as one of the first great

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    Synthesis: Thoreau and His Influences From the infamous high school sit-in from the class of ‘01 or Gandhi’s well known salt march‚ Henry David Thoreau paved the way of passive protest with his display against the government when he wouldn’t pay taxes. Thoreau wouldn’t pay his taxes because he knew that his and everyone else’s tax payments would go to support the Mexican-American War. Henry didn’t know he would inspire some of the greatest civil activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma

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    Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist‚ poet‚ and practical philosopher. He was best known for his beliefs in Transcendentalism and civil disobedience‚ he was also a dedicated abolitionist. He attended Harvard College (now Harvard University) and graduated in 1837. Once out of college Thoreau befriended Ralph Waldo Emerson who was also an American essayist‚ lecturer‚ and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century. Emerson was a mentor to Thoreau‚ he became Emerson’s

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    Interview: Henry Thoreau‚ tell us a little about your upbringing: Hello‚ my full name is Henry David Thoreau I was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts on July 12‚ 1817. There I grew up and lived with my mother‚ who rented out parts of our home to boarders‚ my father who operated a pencil factory near where we lived‚ and my two older siblings John and Helen. I had a good upbringing and my parents were always very supportive. Did you go to school? What did you study? Yes‚ in 1828 my brother and I

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    The great author Henry David Thoreau once wrote‚ "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." Thoreau’s quote is trying to express that in life we sometimes try so hard to accomplish things and gain status that we tend to forget what we are really after is happiness. People often believe that certain things will bring them happiness such as money‚ jobs‚ and material possessions. However‚ after they acquire these things instead of feeling contentment

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