Walden assignment continued

1. Continue reading selections from Walden
---"Solitude" we will read together and annotate/summarize
---"The Pond in Winter" and "Spring" you will annotate on your own annotate/summarize
2. Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper

Questions section 1: "Where I lived and what I lived for"
1. Why does Thoreau find it necessary to tell his audience "he wished to live deliberately" in the woods? (par 3)
2. Explain Thoreau's use of the word "simplicity" in par. 4. What is he referring to and how does he believe it benefits a person.
3. In par. 5 Thoreau talks about the idea of "work". What is Thoreau's opinion on it? How do you know?
4. Explain the quote from par. 8 "Time is but the stream I go a-fishin in." What literary device is this and what is he trying to say?

Questions section 2: "Solitude"
5. In your opinion, why does Thoreau refer to the evening as "delicious"?
6. Who are "Nature's watchmen" and why are they referred to in this way?

Questions section 3: "The Pond in the Winter"
7. Explain how Thoreau uses imagery in this section and what effect it has on the reader.

Questions section 4: "Spring"
8. Compare and contrast "winter" to "spring" (the previous paragraph to this one).

For homework: Complete reading and annotating the conclusion