Walden Ch 18 Flashcards
Realizes that reasons for leaving walden are
Relevant
Thoreau makes his point that those who go towards their dreams will be
Successful and happier
Describes confusion as to why people are so desperate to
Succeed
Large amount of money can only buy us
Unnecessary things
Society pays attention to
Invaluable things
Compares dinner parties to a swamp where people reach the
Bottom by themselves
Men should focus on the
Deeper meaning of life which is ones ideas and way of thinking
A man should obey the laws of his being and thus he will never
Find himself in opposition to a just government
Living in walden Thoreau found that If a man confidently follows his dreams he will find
New laws and unexpected success
As he simifies his life universal laws will become
Less complex
Demand that one speak so he could be understood is
Ridiculous
Truth of our words betrays the
Inadequacy of our statements
Common sense is the
Dullest sense
Our conceptions of reality are
Limiting and artificial
Love your life and live it no matter
How poor it is
Towns poor seem to live the most
Independent lives
Thoreau wants
Truth
People waste their time practicing virtues which
Real work would make irrelevant
We are content with the
Dull and ordinary
Only dawn is the one we are
Awake to witness
Metaphor about sailing and exploration illustrates the notion that men should focus of
Deeper meaning of life.
Sailing and exploration metaphor compares artificial
Material aspects of life with the true introspective life
Rhetorical questions that Thoreau uses motivates reader to
Evaluate their kid decisions and the way they e chosen to lead their lives
Thoreau protests idea of insignificance of mans ideas in comparison to
The world as a whole
Poverty can be a blessing because those who aren’t poor focus too much on
Temporary things rather than permanent things
Money makes people lose sight of the
True meaning of life
Suggests that people off life in a manner that allows thing to
Be themselves and step away from conformity
Life of individuality
Thoreau accounts the he is in need of a
Change of soul
