1 / 4

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau. Transcendentalist, poet, activist, essayist, naturalist, philosopher Ms. Whitaker. Early Life . Born 1817 in Concord, MA Father was a pencil manufacturer Entered Harvard in 1833 Taught school for two weeks (wouldn’t whip a student) Friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson

mercury
Download Presentation

Henry David Thoreau

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalist, poet, activist, essayist, naturalist, philosopher Ms. Whitaker

  2. Early Life Born 1817 in Concord, MA Father was a pencil manufacturer Entered Harvard in 1833 Taught school for two weeks (wouldn’t whip a student) Friends with Ralph Waldo Emerson Turned down sailing across Europe to take an inward voyage: Walden Pond

  3. While at Walden… Two years, two months, and two days, he spent at Walden and built a cabin; Writes book and pays tribute to brother Rediscovers grandeur of a simple life led close to nature “Vital facts of life” found in one’s backyard Looks to nature rather than stylist of the past for a model To imitate nature is to speak of fundamental truths

  4. Thoreau Post Walden… In protest of the Mexican War, Thoreau refused to pay poll tax and, as a result, spent a night in jail “Resistance to Civil Government” has large impact on human history; impacts decisions of future passive resistance leaders (Gandhi and King, Jr.) Made pencils, gardened, took odd jobs, was a carpenter 1860, Thoreau’s cold became tuberculosis, and he died

More Related