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1. compares ants with civil war
2. he found himself through the woods
3. searching everything he needs to know through the woods like wisdom with the woods
4. he learned that the woods can have you think about things in another ways like the ants and what they mean
5.this is who he is and this is what he enjoys the woods

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1.I enjoyed how he relates nature to everything
2. it surprised me he can relate ants to the civil War
3. I would have never thought he would leave the woods
4. I am happy that he had learned everything he needs when leaving the woods

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"It was the only battle which i have ever witnessed, the only battlefield i ever trod while the battle was raging; internecine; the red republicans on one hand, and the black imperialist on the other." (Thoreau 224)

"Some station themselves on this side of the pond, some on that, for the poor bird can not be omnipresent" (Thoreau 225)

"Perhaps it seemed to me that i had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one" (Thoreau 227)

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Summary: Henry got a plot of land to live off of, and builds a shack, along with planting some crops, and totaling his expenses in th first year.

Quotes:
1. By the middle of April, I had made no haste in my work, rather made the most of it. (Thoreau 217)
2. At length,. in the beginning of May, with the help of some of my acquaintances, rather to improve so good an occasion for neighborliness than from necessity, I set up the frame of my house. (Thoreau 218)
3. It would have been worthwhile building more deliberately than I did. (Thoreau 219)

Own Thoughts:
1. The movement was interesting, wanting to regress technologically to a simpler state.
2. I'm surprised that they only went for temporary excursions, but the stays were still lengthy.
3. I'm quite surprised that the little money he did earn went mostly to others, considering how he worked for it.
4. Confused as to why one would leave their stay in the "wilderness".

Facts/Details From the Passage:
1. He grew several crops with the intention of being sold.
2. He regretted not building more quickly.
3. he was surprised as to how well crops grew considering the location.
4. He did not use manure or any type of fertilizer because he did not own the land.
5. He did not feel lonesome during his stay in mostly solitude.

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Brute Neighbors
- saw ants fight between black and red
-comparing it to the civil war
- there was a loon in a pond and he saw a hunter ready to strike
-they try to catch but the loon was too fast when it dived
- he paddled along shore and the loon saw him
-the loon tried to dive to make him go away
Conclusion
- He is leaving the woods
-amazed on what he has learned from this experience
-still questioning things he has not experienced