HenryDavidThroea.ppt

1 A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. 2 I have frequently seen a poet withdraw , having enjoyed the most valuable part of a farm, while the crusty farmers supposed that he had got a few apples only. 3 The hollow and lichen-covered apple trees, gnawed by rabbits, showing what kind of neighbors I should have. 4 But I would say to my fellows, once for all, as long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the country jail. Introduction to Henry David Thoreau 1 Introduction to Walden checking of Selected reading( P47 ) Comparative study : Thoreau and Tao Yuanming 4 2 3 Birth place: Born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817 Education Experience: studied at Harvard University(1833 and 1837). His relationship with Emerson: Emerson’s truest disciple and friends. Residence at Walden Pond: in 1845, he began to take a two-year-residence at Walden Pond Thoreau was a protester as well. Disapproved of the government’s conduct of the Mexican War by refusing to pay his poll tax（人头税. (was sent to jail 1 night). He contracted Tuberculosis and suffered from it afterwards. He died in 1862 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Continuing… 3) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers ?在康科德与梅里马克河上一周? a record of a canoe excursion, giving observant comments on nature, man, society and literature 2) A Plea for John Brown ?为约翰·布朗申辩? 1) Civil Disobedience ?论公民之不服从? 4) Walden ?沃尔登湖? another name, Life in the Woods a collection of nature essays a great Transcendentalist work. a book about man, what he is, and what he should be and must be. full of ideas expressed to persuade his neighbors out of their complacency(自满) masterpiece moved to a cabin on Walden Pond, on July 4, 1845; lived there for 2 years 一直在寻找他，不经意撞入眼帘时却是如此陌生--居然无法安静下来，也许现在真的不能进入他的灵魂深处，然而，肯定会有一天，静静地、静静地……  --青年作家　落思　　 喧嚣的世界，人们疲惫奔波于生活。不经意地，看到了这