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Assignment Quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Reading and Writing Task:

1)In a group, take several minutes to carefully read the quotes provided below and discuss several aspects about the quotes.

a)Reflect upon the quotes as they relate to the literary style of “Naturalism”.

“Naturalism is a  literary genre that started as a movement in late nineteenth century in  literature, film, theater, and art. It is a type of extreme realism. ... Thus,  naturalistic writers write stories based on the idea that environment determines and governs human character.”

b)Select one quote and discuss:

1) what does the quote mean to you, personally

2) does the quote and Thoreau’s beliefs still apply to today

3) how can it be applied to the Jewelry District?

QUOTES:

Quote 1

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.

It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures

the depth of his own nature.

from the chapter "The Ponds" in Walden

Quote 2

Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves,

dispel the clouds which hang over our brows,

and take up a little life into our pores.

Do not stay to be an overseer of the poor,

but endeavor to become one of the worthies of the world.

from the chapter "Economy" in Walden

Quote 3

The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground,

a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world.

It is even a trivial place. The waves forever rolling to the land

are too far-travelled and untamable to be familiar.

Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squall and the foam,

it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime.

from the chapter "The Sea And The Desert" in Cape Cod

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