https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn 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 15:56:05 UTC 2023-03-31 11:24:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211374958 Begins with so background and why he is writing this book. He begins to talk about building his house. Discuses the cost of building his house.  He starts a small farm and makes some money from it. 
He talks about ants fighting as his neighbors. then he is on a boat following a duck around the pond. ]]> 2017-11-29 13:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211374958 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375456

]]> 2017-11-29 13:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375456 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375589 "I did not wish to live what was not life-" (Thoreau 220).

"-and reduce other things in proportion" (Thoreau 220).

"Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?" (Thoreau 222)]]> 2017-11-29 13:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375589 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375736 "Before I finished my house, wishing to earn ten or twelve dollars by some honest and agreeable method, in order to meet my unusual expenses" (Thoreau 219)

"It was the only battle which I have ever witnessed, the only battlefield I ever trod while the battle was raging; internecine war; the red republicans on the one hand, and the black imperialists on the other" (Thoreau 224). 

"While he was thinking one thing in his brain, I was endeavoring to divine his thought in mine" (Thoreau 226).

]]> 2017-11-29 13:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211375736 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211377805 Thoreau begins by talking about how he wants to live a new life and then progresses to talking about living frugally. He also progresses to mention the tranquility evident in solitude. Thoreau then connects the joy found in raising beans.]]> 2017-11-29 13:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211377805 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211378674 1. Thoreau emphasizes the importance of simplicity
2. Thoreau compares life to the German Confederacy that would always alter its borders and would not remain simple and steady.
3. Thoreau enjoys the solitude that nature has to offer.
4. Thoreau enjoyed farming and the connection to nature.
5. Thoreau questions why he cares so much about nature.]]> 2017-11-29 13:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211378674 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211384007 1. Thoreau takes proud ownership of the diligent work he put into raising the garden. This is reflected in the Transcendentalist concept of working hard.
2. I wonder why, if Thoreau is so close to nature, he questions why he gardens.
3. I am surprised that Thoreau wants simplicity instead of being intrigued by complexity.
4. Thoreau wants to live frugally, matching Transcendentalist views. ]]> 2017-11-29 13:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211384007 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211387391 2017-11-29 14:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211387391 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211829235 2017-11-30 13:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211829235 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211829972 2017-11-30 13:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211829972 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211832033 1.  Thoreau builds his house in the woods so he can be closure to nature.
2. He has a farm so he can support himself to the extent of to pay his bills and that is all.
3.  He did not have any people to talk to so he spent his time with animals.
4. He leaves society because he does not believe the government is bad which is a transcendentalist view point. ]]> 2017-11-30 13:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211832033 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211839961 1. He spends 28.12$ for his house.
2. he makes $14.72 from his farm.
3. He sees ants fighting.
4. He follows a duck around the pond.
5.  He discusses why he uses first person pronoun]]> 2017-11-30 13:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/211839961 19troutmane https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/213312721 2017-12-05 14:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/213312721 19pittengers https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/213313445 (I also added the pictures of the beans and the person walking in the forest)]]> 2017-12-05 14:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alr2/vp3fa8k1n9wn/wish/213313445