"Solitude" Paragraph(10-12) by dani khan https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9 Made with a little mischief en-us 2019-01-14 16:36:22 UTC 2026-01-05 07:18:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Chapter 10 danikhan632 https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320399308 Thoreau states that society Is generally flawed as individual thought has entirely dissipated and gossip has filled the void. He cites Confucius as well to say that society as abandoned morals ]]> 2019-01-14 17:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320399308 Chapter 11 danikhan632 https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320401782 He says that he is a spectator, like a play, to societies flaws and chastises it for abandoning nature. He then uses imagery to say that he is one with nature comparing himself to a piece of driftwood]]> 2019-01-14 17:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320401782 Chapter 12 danikhan632 https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320403538 Thoreau then addresses the title of the chapter: Solitude. The word means to be alone and Thoreau embraces it. He talks about how being alone is beneficial to his well-being and even in the confines of Cambridge, he prefers to be alone and the purity of being alone.]]> 2019-01-14 17:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320403538 Vocab danikhan632 https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320408028 ●        Aloof- Not outgoing.
●        Entity- Something that exists and is its own thing.
●        Spectator- Someone that is watching something.
●        Wearisome- A feeling of illness or tiredness.
●        Dissipating- Slowly dispersing.
●        Companionable- Sociable or friendly.
●        Remunerate- To pay someone for work or goods.
●        Ennui- Feeling dissatisfied or unnacomplished. 
]]> 2019-01-14 17:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320408028 Thoreau's thought on Solitude danikhan632 https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320408582 To elaborate on paragraph 12, he embraces and enjoys solitude]]> 2019-01-14 17:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/danikhan632/rnmbqcp42xi9/wish/320408582