-
Pilar Randolph wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
“So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one […]
-
Giovanny Bravo wrote a new post on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Since 2015, around 4.8 million Venezuelans have fled from their country to Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and other areas in Latin America and the Carribean (Grattan). These migrants are facing widespread […]
-
zcarter22 commented on the post, Economy: Young White Pines, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Matt–
I am fascinated by your analysis concerning the theme of borrowing from nature. I would encourage you to expand off this theme, which I had not thought about before, by examining the relationship b […]
-
Olivia Friedman wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
One interesting passage that Thoreau discusses in “Economy” is the topic of fashion. He condemns the speed at which people in his society buy, wear, and discard new clothing, saying that they “don garment after […]
-
mei commented on the post, Economy: Young White Pines, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Hi Matt,
I enjoyed reading your post and how you chose to focus on Thoreau describing the construction of his small house in the woods. I thought your analysis about Thoreau borrowing not only the axe, but also […] -
mei wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
“I have thus a tight shingled and plastered house, ten feet wide by fifteen long, and eight-feet posts, with a garret and a closet, a large window on each side, two trap doors, one door at the end, and a brick f […]
-
Andrew commented on the post, Language, Visual and Imaginary, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Hey Nick! Yea i never thought about it that way. that can really be disorienting.
-
Andrew wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
The over lying theme of the Economy seems to be focused on how humans have a way changing the situations to better suit us but that is not necessarily a bad thing. for example he talks about him baking bread and […]
-
zcarter22 commented on the post, The Sound of the Woods, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Nick– I think it is interesting that you explore the concept of natural versus artificial processes found in nature by concentrating on the number of fallen trees in Johnson Woods. Despite my limited exposure to a […]
-
Andrew wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Hey I realized I never posted my first blog due to technical difficulties so here it is now.
When I was in seventh grade my boy scout patrol was lucky enough to be able to go on a mountaineering trip down in […]
-
Nick Wyckoff commented on the post, Thoreau's Reflection on Rising with the Sun in "Economy", on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Anna,
When reading I too noticed this quote. I find it quite remarkable how Thoreau attunes himself to nature. This is a rare occasion where I can relate to Thoreau as over the summer this is often how my […]
-
Nick Wyckoff wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Thorough all of Thoreau’s writing, he finds ways to elaborate on his thoughts to an exhaustive extent. This often leaves the reader with little to imagine or picture. In the chapter Economy, this trend c […]
-
mpeticca20 wrote a new post on the site Modern Latin America 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Marco Peticca
In
Modern Latin America on 2/10, the topic of the class was “Race and Nation.”
Race and nation are two distinct categories that are often assumed to be one
category. A pe […]
-
mgalletti22 wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
On page 142 of my copy of the book, it is 1845 nearing the end of March and Thoreau is starting the process of building his small house, he first asks to borrow an axe. The owner of this axe states that the axe […]
-
Jackie Spieles commented on the post, Seeing Nature in Society: Thoreau's Botanical Descriptions of Clothes, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
That’s a great point, Maris! At first it often seems like Thoreau sees society in a negative light and sees nature in a positive light, but passages like this and the chapter “The Village” show how his viewpoints […]
-
Maris Woldin wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Thoreau often uses metaphor to express a situation or to invoke an image of nature. These stylistic choices not only give his writing vibrance and life, but they also inevitably give the reader multiple ways to […]
-
Anna Halgash wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
“To anticipate, not the sunrise and the dawn merely, but, if possible, Nature herself! How many mornings, summer and winter, before yet any neighbor was stirring about his business, have I been about mine! No […]
-
Anna Halgash commented on the post, Solitude and Companionship, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Do you think Thoreau has a sort medium between solitude and society? Or does he completely reject society in favor of solitude in nature? I believe that he still does value interaction, but to a lesser extent than […]
-
Anna Halgash commented on the post, Life's Lesson: A Journal From Johnson's Woods, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
Hannah,
Do you think what we have to learn from nature is adjusting to death with grace? Is it apathy on the part of nature rather than only a determination to persevere and continue? I think because we see […]
-
Jackie Spieles commented on the post, Thoreau's View of Society and Nature through The Ponds, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years, 11 months ago
I think this is interesting because in so many places today people see nature as a “vacation spot” where they go to admire beautiful scenery or climate for a short period of time. I visited Yosemite National Park […]
- Load More
