美国文学 问题回答walden

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1、Teacher’squestion:1.Therearemanyconceptsofbinaryoppositionsin“Walden”,forexample,likecivilizedConcordandwildWaldenPond,canyoufindmore?HubbubPeacefulLuxuriousSimpleDevelopingquicklyMotionlessRelativelyOpenCloseComplexPureSocietyIndividual2.WhydidThoreauwanttobeachanticleer(雄鸡)

2、towakepeopleup?a.Inthemidnineteenthcentury,Americanisinthetransitionfromagriculturalsocietyintoindustrysociety.Materialistheonlypursuitofhuman.Inordertogetmorewealth,peopleexploitland,cuttreesanddoanythingtheycantogetmoremoney.Environmentisgettingworseandworseandhumanareindan

3、geraswell.b.Thoreauisaresponsiblewriterandhasstrongjusticeforsociety.Hewantstomakemangobacktotheirkindinstinct.c.Thoreauisatranscendentalist.Heworshipsspiritandagainstmaterial.StudyGroup’squestions:G1.WhyThoreauchoosesWaldenPondtobethetitle?WaldenPondisthesettingofthestory.Ev

4、erythinginthebookishappenedthere.Waldenalsorepresentsnature,theplacewhereonecanimprovehismindorspirit.G2.WhatinformationcanwegetfromthetitlewhereIlived,andwhatIlivedfor?a.Theplacewherethestoryhappens.Whythewriterchoosestheplacetobeasettingofthisstory.b.C.Toexplainthereasonwhy

5、hewantstolivealoneinthewoods.Page116“IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcamtodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.”“Iwanttolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife.”G4.What’sthethemeofthise

6、ssay?a.Spiritisovermaterialb.Everymanownsaspiritualkingdominwhichweheisaretheking.c.Manshouldgobackintonatureandbeinharmonywithnature.d.Livesimply.e.FollowyourheartG5.&G13.HowcanyouunderstandThoreau’sdelightinhisnewbuildingprojectatWalden?a.Spiritissuperiortomaterial.b.Livesi

7、mplyisahappythingc.Natureisbeautiful;livinginharmonywithnatureisluckily.Itisnotonlymeanshefelthappyforhisbuilding.Whatismoreimportantisthathefeltjoyfulforhealreadyfoundawaytocommunicatewithgod,thatistolivehereinWaldenandhereallyenjoyeditfromhisinnerheart.G6.What’sthesubjectma

8、tterofWaldenPond?Weshouldpursueinspiritdelightinsteadofmaterial.Livi