Your assignment for today

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Questions to Consider*

• What do you think most motivated Thoreau to leave his life in town?
  
• Select three different quotes from the text and explain what you think
  Thoreau means by them.Why do you think people enjoy collecting and
  sharing quotes from famous people or texts?
  
• Who most inspired Thoreau’s work? How do your friends influence your
  own interests and work? How do you influence theirs?
  
• Which feature of nature does Thoreau call its most beautiful and “the earth’s
  eye?” Do you agree? Which feature of nature is most important to you?
  
• How did Thoreau feed himself during his time in the woods? What odd jobs
  have you done for money? How does Thoreau feel about work in general?
  Why?
  
• Do you think your life could ever become its “own amusement”? Why or why
  not? What amusements do you rely on? Do you think Thoreau would consider
  your life a happy one or not? What in your life could you be happy without?
  
• Thoreau was rich in time but not in money. In what ways are you rich?
  
• Is there any issue for which you would be willing to go to jail? Why did
  Thoreau go to jail? Do you think he should have been incarcerated?
  

* Taken from a study guide found here.