HD Thoreau (1854) Walden. Reading Journal. by Iveta Leišavniece https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru Made with a dash of wit en-us 2019-10-23 08:48:03 UTC 2026-03-16 19:37:03 UTC hello@padlet.com The Language (Luīze and Kārlis Z.) https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355918148
  • hoed; rapt; in a revery; the Orientals; sumachs; warble - unclear words
  • Important phrases
    like corn in the night
    • rapt in a revery
    The day advanced as if to light some work of mine
    The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence. 

    3. Collocations:
    To hoe beans; to take a bath; afford to (do something); over and above; good fortune; bearing the stamp of (something); the ticking of a clock; 

    4. Sentence for analysis
    As the sparrow had its trill, sitting on the hickory before my door, so had I my chuckle or suppressed warble which he might hear out of my nest.
    Sentence structure: Complex-compound


    ]]>     2022-10-25 17:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355918148     The Plot and Themes (Anna, Maksims) https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355920968 1) The person is sitting in his house, probably in the bathroom, in summer. He is admiring nature paying attention to birds sitting on trees.

    2) In the first half of the chapter he contemplates about how he spent his last summer. In the middle of the chapter he recalls his childhood and the place where he grew up. In the conclusive part of the chapter he compares himself to a bird.

    3) Not really. The chapter is more about memories and the thought process of the character rather than any events in particular and that is why it is not as exciting.

    4) No because there is no implication in the plot that something extraordinary will happen to the character.

    5) The 1st part - memories about summer. The 2nd part - memories about childhood. The 3rd part - comparing oneself to a bird.

    6) The character remembers the summer, when he used to take a bath then sit in a sunny doorway from sunrise till noon amongst solitude and different kinds of trees. He recalls the seasons of his childhood when he grew like corn in the night and he discusses how the hours went by. Then he remembers the mornings, the evenings, the nights and how he listened to birds singing and how he was smiling at that.

    7) Birds, summer, pines, hickories, sumachs, days. These are the words which describe the overall atmosphere of the chapter (they are repeated several times). They symbolize nature.]]>     2022-10-25 17:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355920968     Research Ideas by Santa and Mustafa https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355922218 1. Walden depicts his dream scene through his transcendent style of narrative. The reader can easily understand by visualizing what is being told on the scene. For the student and for the general reader, this is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent. The way the author talks about the scene may get the audience to conclude whatever they understand from the text. His social and daily experiences are being told in his unique way of narrative. For instance, he uses metaphoric expression as if the schoolboy enjoys the birds and buildings around him.

    2. His use of language may seem to be so challenging to understand but in fact, these words are exclusively selected by the author so that the students may feel as if they exist in the mentioned context/atmosphere.]]>     2022-10-25 17:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355922218     Anastassiya Nargiz Salvis https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355926640 1. The main character depicts his summer experience, his feelings in details.
    2. Reminder of the lapse of time.
    3. Yes, the detailed description is surprising.
    4.We were expecting some eventful description.
    5.  1) Sitting in a doorway
    2) noise of the traveller's vagon 
    3) flowing of the day
    6. The events in the chapter are correlated with the world and the language of the novel. To be precise, chronological order of each event justifies the fact that the writer deeply enjoys the company of nature and he is capable of turning his feelings into words.
    7. The bloom of the present moment, summer morning, stillness, from sunrise till noon, lapse of time.





    ]]>     2022-10-25 17:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355926640     Nina, Elvīra, Gustavs https://padlet.com/ivetaleisavniece/ad9e3y23usru/wish/2355930218 Main character development
    1. They did not read books the first summer, then he started to read and he lost track of time.

    2) He enjoyed solitude, He had time to think on what he had read
     
    3)  It was unusual for him to read

    4) While he was reading he learned a lot about indians, realised a lot.

    The protagonist started to contemplate about the world around him, the book inspired him to do so.

    This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting. A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true.

    5) Positive/negative words used in the text.

    Positive:
     They were not time subtracted from my life, but so much over and above my usual allowance.

    Negative:
    The day advanced as if to light some work of mine; it was morning, and lo, now it is evening, and nothing memorable is accomplished.

    This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt
    6) He is a mystery, we know practically nothing about him.

    8) It is possitive because, there is no reason why it should be negative. For example words that are often used to characterise a joyfull mood, like “calm, sunny”. 

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