Period 8: "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau by cclements https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67 Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2020-12-06 20:45:02 UTC 2020-12-11 16:12:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Walden sentence mjones632 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010178321 Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail. 
I chose this line because it seems much more relevant today. Everyone cares about themselves and get hostile with each other over petty things. ]]> 2020-12-11 15:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010178321 Walden Sentence https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010181163 "An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. " I chose this line because there are so many different ways you can look at it. For example, when i first read this line I believed that it was talking about how you only need your hands to work effectively but then I realized it could also relate to only needing up to 10-20 things to have a happy/successful life. ]]> 2020-12-11 15:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010181163 "The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise". I chose this line from the 2nd excerpt because I think it is very true. Someone will always criticize what you are doing, so just enjoy it for yourself and not for anyone else. agraham97 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010183157 2020-12-11 15:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010183157 "However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is." This is the most relevant line from the second excerpt because it tells you to appreciate what you have no matter the amount https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010183392 2020-12-11 15:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010183392 Walden https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010184401 It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.
I chose this quite because I think it is true. I think, as humans, we get so into a routine that we forget to live, and explore new things.

]]> 2020-12-11 15:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010184401 Walden sentence csteele72 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010185415 "It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves." I chose this because I think it something that is true. People tend to have a certain routine that they follow everyday.]]> 2020-12-11 15:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010185415 Walden Sentence hgoss23 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010186688 "However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names." I chose this line because I think that Walden is saying live life to the fullest no matter how hard your life may be, and I agree with this 100%. ]]> 2020-12-11 15:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010186688 Walden Excerpt https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010186989 "Love your life, poor as it is."
I chose this line because it gives a great message of how you can't search for love when you don't appreciate what you have. The constant search for happiness of life should end at the appreciation of being able to experience the gift of everything around you. ]]> 2020-12-11 15:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010186989 Walden Line https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010193718 To me, the best line is the last two sentences at the end of Excerpt 2: "Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts." I think this is very profound and symbolic for all areas of life, and it made me actually reflect on my own life. It really emphasizes the importance of recognizing where we place our priorities - do we value items/objects/materials more than our souls and being our best selves?]]> 2020-12-11 15:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010193718 Walden Excerpt 2 fmedrano05 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010194234 "However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is." This us the most relevant line because it tells you to appreciate everything you have in life to the highest extent.]]> 2020-12-11 15:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010194234 Walden kballard26 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010201120 However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names... It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise." I like this line because it shows how materialistic things don't bring you long-time joy, but just a false sense of happiness. If you live life content with what you have, you will be happy.

]]> 2020-12-11 15:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010201120 Walden Sentence https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010201749 The best line comes from the second excerpt, The Conclusion, which states, "Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change." This quote contains meaning because the idea of the individual changing rather than the circumstances contradicts what I am familiar with. He eloquently explains that we are ever-evolving as human beings; thus, we tend to forget our past selves, lives, and expectations. He is calling the audience to remember their past.]]> 2020-12-11 15:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010201749 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010202025 "The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise." This is an interesting quote to me because I feel like it's very relevant in today's society. People are very quick to wish they had another life, not realizing that they need to change their mindset rather than their life. Even if they were able to achieve their ideal life, they would still face hardships since everyone does and they would never be content until they're able to find internal happiness. ]]> 2020-12-11 15:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010202025 Walden Sentence https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010202547 For me, the best line is towards the end of excerpt 1: " I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. " I agree with this because why make everything in life be complex and difficult. Like he is implying, we should make things more simple. Being confusing doesn't help anyone.]]> 2020-12-11 15:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010202547 Walden saustin161 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010206951 "For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to “glorify God and enjoy him forever.”  He talks about the common doubt within oneself. They don't know things like who to believe in, and where they should follow. The endless wonder.]]> 2020-12-11 15:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010206951 "I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary." hallmond13 https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010209866 I chose this quote in Excerpt 1 because I felt that I had a connection with it. I have always lived life to the fullest because you only live one life, so why not make it the best.]]> 2020-12-11 16:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010209866 Lilian Adu-Botwe https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010249658 "Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse…. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts". This quote is interesting to me because it demonstrates how precious life is, and that we should cherish it no matter what for we have one life to live, so, we should make it the best one.]]> 2020-12-11 16:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cclements9/7zoa4sq1c4f0wp67/wish/1010249658