https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl Each person needs to do the following: 1 brief summary of your section(s), 2 pictures that relate to your assigned passage, 3 quotes from the text that demonstrate the message (cite them properly with the author’s last name and page number!), 4 of your own thoughts and connections to the section(s) or Transcendentalism, 5 facts/details about your assigned passage. en-us 2017-03-19 15:54:23 UTC 2025-12-07 02:01:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211375907 Summary:
Thoreau talks about a war going on between a colony of red ants versus a colony of black ants. It is noted that the black ants are nearly twice the size of the red ants. Thoreau then connects this to war between humans saying that our battles are no different.]]> 2017-11-29 13:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211375907 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211377893 Where I Lived, and What I Lived For: You should live your life as simplistically as possible, and you should always be striving to find purpose in your life.
Solitude: People should not fear being alone, but should acknowledge their loneliness on the earth and in the universe.
The Bean Field: The cultivation of beans helped connect him to nature more and he tried to know as much about the beans as possible]]> 2017-11-29 13:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211377893 paranger47101 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211379053
Thoreau wanted to live as simply as possible, so he bought a shanty from and Irish family, took it apart, and moved it to Walden Pond. He rebuilt the house himself, also planting a bean field and digging an cellar. He remarks that he is trying to remove all unnecessary aspects of life, and also remarks how he enjoyed the hard work of building his own house.

]]> 2017-11-29 13:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211379053 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211380127 2017-11-29 13:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211380127 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211381712 2017-11-29 13:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211381712 paranger47101 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382444 2017-11-29 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382444 paranger47101 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382648 2017-11-29 13:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382648 paranger47101 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382974 "I never in all my walks came across a man engaged in so simple and natural an occupation as building his house..." (Thoreau 219)

"No man was ever more honored in the character of his raisers than I." (Thoreau 218)

"All things considered, that is, considering the importance of a man's and of today, notwithstanding the short time occupied by my experiment, nay, partly even because of its transient character, I believe that that was doing better than any farmer in Concord did that year..."
(Thoreau 220)]]> 2017-11-29 13:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211382974 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211383204 Quotes: (Evan)
"It was not a duellum, but a bellum, a war between two races of ants (Thoreau 224)."
"The more you think of it, the less the difference (Thoreau 225)."
"I looked again the black soldier had severed the heads of his foes from their bodies (Thoreau 225)."]]> 2017-11-29 13:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211383204 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211383327 Own Thoughts: (Evan)
1. I liked how he related the ants battle to the wars humans have
2. However, I really don't understand how someone can possibly be so analytical over something so insignificant
3. At some point was Thoreau at Soldier? He says that nature reflects the spirit, and everything is related to war.
4. I really like the phrase, "not a duellum, but a bellum." It is a interesting play on words

]]> 2017-11-29 13:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211383327 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211384115 2017-11-29 13:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211384115 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211385566 2017-11-29 13:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211385566 paranger47101 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211404806 1. How can he be claiming to live apart from society, when he's living in a house built by knowledge from society, and writing in a language given to him by society?

2. ]]> 2017-11-29 14:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211404806 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211829425 "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs  be as two or three, and not a hundred or thousand..." (Thoreau 220).
"Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question." (Thoreau 222).
"I was determined to know beans." (Thoreau 223).]]> 2017-11-30 13:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211829425 19diecka https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211833857 1. Thoreau outlines his expenses throughout the passage

2. Thoreau still interacts with his town after going into "isolation"

3. Thoreau finds great pleasure in doing his own work

4. Thoreau digs his own basement

5. He plants and grows his own food in this section]]> 2017-11-30 13:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211833857 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211839206 Facts/Details: (Evan)
-Two sets of Ants (Black and Red) 
- Battles can be related to human wars
-In nature (Important for Transcendentalist)
-Talks about death
-Thoreau has some connection to the war]]> 2017-11-30 13:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211839206 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211855422 1. It's interesting that he doesn't want to feel lonely, but still wants to acknowledge how lonely he is in the universe
2. His idea of living simplistically and with nature is the perfect example of transcendentalism
3. It's funny that he considered growing beans being connected to nature and he viewed the beans as almost people
4. The views that seem most important to him is living in nature and avoiding materialism]]> 2017-11-30 14:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211855422 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211865388 1. Thoreau grows beans and lives in nature to better know himself
2. He is knowledgeable on space and the universe
3. He will eat less meals to live as simplistically as possible
4. He believes that you should always be looking for you purpose in life
5. He killed a lot of weeds to protect the beans]]> 2017-11-30 14:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/211865388 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212202754 Thoreau leaves the woods because he had "several more lives to live." He talks about how there is still sign of him living there 6 years later. Thoreau then talks about following your dreams and aspirations. He also talks about knowing thyself and how people can hear a different calling in life. ]]> 2017-12-01 10:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212202754 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212203808 2017-12-01 10:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212203808 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204006 2017-12-01 10:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204006 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204112 Quotes: (Evan)
"Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live (Thoreau 227)."
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams...he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours (Thoreau 228)."
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer Thoreau 228)."]]> 2017-12-01 10:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204112 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204886 Own Thoughts: (Evan)
1. Although I think Thoreau makes good points, I find some of them to be cliche
2. However, I really like the quote about hearing a different drummer
3. I find it interesting the Thoreau would go back to where he lived such long after he left. 
4. I wonder what Thoreau did in the "other lives" that he had to live]]> 2017-12-01 10:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212204886 19millere https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212205378 Facts/Details: (Evan)
-Thoreau's connection to nature can be seen while describing the path to the pond
- People should follow their dreams and not just conform 
- Thoreau follows the idea that you should enjoy what you do
-Conforming to society doesn't fulfill someones life
-Thoreau talks about how people probably used his trail, this could talk about how we can have an influence on people's lives.

]]> 2017-12-01 10:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/212205378 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213312748 2017-12-05 14:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213312748 19diecka https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213312893 All sections labelled economy were done by Adam Dieck]]> 2017-12-05 14:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213312893 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313178 2017-12-05 14:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313178 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313311 2017-12-05 14:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313311 https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313417 2017-12-05 14:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213313417 19diecka https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213314650 2. How does he expect to change society from the outside 

3. Similar to many other philosophies that emphasize self-development

4. Reminds me of the American dream, which Emerson and Thoreau helped create]]> 2017-12-05 14:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/ur9ms70hu0vl/wish/213314650