Walden Ch 18 Flashcards

1
Q

Realizes that reasons for leaving walden are

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Relevant

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2
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Thoreau makes his point that those who go towards their dreams will be

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Successful and happier

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3
Q

Describes confusion as to why people are so desperate to

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Succeed

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4
Q

Large amount of money can only buy us

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Unnecessary things

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5
Q

Society pays attention to

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Invaluable things

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6
Q

Compares dinner parties to a swamp where people reach the

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Bottom by themselves

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7
Q

Men should focus on the

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Deeper meaning of life which is ones ideas and way of thinking

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8
Q

A man should obey the laws of his being and thus he will never

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Find himself in opposition to a just government

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9
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Living in walden Thoreau found that If a man confidently follows his dreams he will find

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New laws and unexpected success

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10
Q

As he simifies his life universal laws will become

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Less complex

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11
Q

Demand that one speak so he could be understood is

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Ridiculous

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12
Q

Truth of our words betrays the

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Inadequacy of our statements

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13
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Common sense is the

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Dullest sense

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14
Q

Our conceptions of reality are

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Limiting and artificial

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15
Q

Love your life and live it no matter

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How poor it is

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16
Q

Towns poor seem to live the most

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Independent lives

17
Q

Thoreau wants

18
Q

People waste their time practicing virtues which

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Real work would make irrelevant

19
Q

We are content with the

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Dull and ordinary

20
Q

Only dawn is the one we are

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Awake to witness

21
Q

Metaphor about sailing and exploration illustrates the notion that men should focus of

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Deeper meaning of life.

22
Q

Sailing and exploration metaphor compares artificial

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Material aspects of life with the true introspective life

23
Q

Rhetorical questions that Thoreau uses motivates reader to

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Evaluate their kid decisions and the way they e chosen to lead their lives

24
Q

Thoreau protests idea of insignificance of mans ideas in comparison to

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The world as a whole

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Poverty can be a blessing because those who aren't poor focus too much on
Temporary things rather than permanent things
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Money makes people lose sight of the
True meaning of life
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Suggests that people off life in a manner that allows thing to
Be themselves and step away from conformity | Life of individuality
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Thoreau accounts the he is in need of a
Change of soul