美国文学-问题回答walden.docx

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1、Teacher’squestion:1.Therearemanyconceptsofbinaryoppositionsin“Walden”,forexample,likecivilizedConcordandwildWaldenPond,canyoufindmore?HubbubPeacefulLuxuriousSimpleDevelopingquicklyMotionlessRelativelyOpenCloseComplexPureSocietyIndividual2.WhydidThoreauwantt

2、obeachanticleer(雄鸡)towakepeopleup?a.Inthemidnineteenthcentury,Americanisinthetransitionfromagriculturalsocietyintoindustrysociety.Materialistheonlypursuitofhuman.Inordertogetmorewealth,peopleexploitland,cuttreesanddoanythingtheycantogetmoremoney.Environment

3、isgettingworseandworseandhumanareindangeraswell.b.Thoreauisaresponsiblewriterandhasstrongjusticeforsociety.Hewantstomakemangobacktotheirkindinstinct.c.Thoreauisatranscendentalist.Heworshipsspiritandagainstmaterial.StudyGroup’squestions:G1.WhyThoreauchoosesW

4、aldenPondtobethetitle?WaldenPondisthesettingofthestory.Everythinginthebookishappenedthere.Waldenalsorepresentsnature,theplacewhereonecanimprovehismindorspirit.G2.WhatinformationcanwegetfromthetitlewhereIlived,andwhatIlivedfor?a.Theplacewherethestoryhappens.

5、Whythewriterchoosestheplacetobeasettingofthisstory.b.C.Toexplainthereasonwhyhewantstolivealoneinthewoods.Page116“IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcamtodie,d

6、iscoverthatIhadnotlived.”“Iwanttolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife.”G4.What’sthethemeofthisessay?a.Spiritisovermaterialb.Everymanownsaspiritualkingdominwhichweheisaretheking.c.Manshouldgobackintonatureandbeinharmonywithnature.d.Livesimply.e.Followyourhea

7、rtG5.&G13.HowcanyouunderstandThoreau’sdelightinhisnewbuildingprojectatWalden?a.Spiritissuperiortomaterial.b.Livesimplyisahappythingc.Natureisbeautiful;livinginharmonywithnatureisluckily.Itisnotonlymeanshefelthappyforhisbuilding.Whatismoreimportantisthathefe

8、ltjoyfulforhealreadyfoundawaytocommunicatewithgod,thatistolivehereinWaldenandhereallyenjoyeditfromhisinnerheart.G6.What’sthesubjectmatterofWaldenPond?Weshouldpursueinspiritdelightinsteadofmaterial.Livi