In order to better understand the sections "Solitude" and "The Village" please post two questions (one for each chapter) that you think if answered thoroughly and correctly would highlight a person's knowledge and understanding of those readings?
Example:
Why does H.D.T suggest, "It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time?" Do you think H.D.T would believe that you are ever 'truly lost' in the woods--and why would this experience be valuable and memorable--what would it teach you about solitude?
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"We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep"
- Thoreau talks about the notion that even when we are awake, we sometimes find ourselves having to be re-awoken. When do we really know when we are awake, and how would Thoreau describe this state of knowing that we are totally awake?
"To be alone was something unpleasant. But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery."
- To go back to the idea if we are ever alone, I wanted to answer it personally. I do not think we ever have the chance to be really "alone" but when one does have the chance to be totally alone it could be "unpleasant" Would Thoreau say that it is possible to return to society after being totally and completely "alone"?
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