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Summary:  In the section of "Brute Neighbors", Thoreau goes out to his woodpile and sees two ants, one red and one black, fighting. As he watches them he compares it to war between humans, talking about how he's never seen a battle in action. Then, he sees a Loon in a pond and describes it to be laughing, then attempts to race the loon in a boat. In the conclusion he is on his way out of the woods and talks about what he's learned during his time there.
Quotes:
"It was the only battle which I have ever witnessed, the only battlefield I have trod while the battle was raging." (Thoreau 224)
"...I the woods for as good a reason as I went there. 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)
"...If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." (Thoreau 228)
Thoughts/Connections: I think it's interesting what he witnesses while he's living in the woods, and that he actually watched two ants fight and tried to basically race a Loon, which are things no one really does.
Facts/Details:
He describes there to be a war between the black and red ants, but there is only two of them present, doing the fighting.
He references wars, like the Civil War during the ants fight.
This section shows that Thoreau enjoyed during his time in nature was peaceful
"Brute Neighbors" is chapter 12 in Walden
"Conclusion" is chapter 18, the last one.
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Section 1: Economy (217 - 220) by Liam Mummert

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Section 1: Economy (217 - 220) by Liam Mummert

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(1)Brief Summary: Thoreau details that he lived away from civilization for two years and two months. In doing this, he wanted to see if this situation would make him a better person. He plans to move near Walden Pond and build a home their. Then, he details all the supplies he has bought to fulfill his dreams. He finally emphasizes that he only used things he absolutely needed. This was to exclude any "luxuries".
(2)Pictures: Included below.
(3)Quotes: "When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only" (Thoreau 217).
"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 any necessity, I set up the frame of my house" (Thoreau 218).
"Before winter I built a chimney, and shingled the sides of my house, which were already impervious to rain, with imperfect and sappy shingles made of the first slice of log, whose edges I was obliged to straighten with a plane" (Thoreau 219).
(4)Thoughts/Connections: I like how is able to leave behind and start over. He is willing to "rebuild" his life and find his inner self. His experience also relates to Transcendentalism because of the inherent simplicity and radical honesty that he sees in spending time at Walden Pond.
(5)Facts/Details: He specifies that he only used the help of others to improve his neighborly skills, not out of need. He distinctly repeats the necessity of living a simple life. He only chooses to tell his story, so that others may see the virtue in it. He stresses that the material need to own things leads to the loss of inner freedom. He identifies only four necessities to life: food, shelter, clothing, and fuel.

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(1)Brief Summary: Thoreau lives in the woods to further his connection with God and to be a happier person. When he was alone, it was some of his happiest times. Rather than being lonely, he felt at peace. He had a bean farm that was seven miles long. He grew, ate, and sold these beans. He was a self sufficient man.
(2)Pictures: Bean farm, a lonesome house in the woods
(3)Quotes:
"... If some have the pleasure of riding on a rail, others have the misfortune to be ridden upon" (Thoreau 221)
"... Some of my pleasantest hours were during the long rainstorms in the spring or fall..." (Thoreau 221)
"... I cultivated with beans, what with planting, and hoeing, and harvesting, and threshing, and picking over and selling them." (Thoreau 223)
(4)Thoughts/Connections: I like his ideas of solidarity and self sufficiency. I believe we all need to be alone at times and away from civilization. It helps us reset our body clock and allows us to be reacquainted with nature.
(5)Facts/Details: He rarely felt lonely for he lived in such a big world, why feel lonely?
He believed people were like ants, constantly marching from place to place
Thunderstorms calmed him
Selling his beans were harder than picking all of them he felt