APEnglish–Los Al

SCRIBE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22^ND

• Imagery #16
  • Gastronomic Delight= Good Food
• Late Work Due
• Walden
  • Railroad Section: metaphor for people
  • Thoreau says that most people aren’t awake
  • By protesting. People are awakened and enlightened
  • “Progress” was the Great Problem or Religion of the 19^th century
  • FYI: WW1 was the height of western civilization
  • FYI: Dada Art makes fun of WW1
  • FYI: In America, there is no model to follow, therefore we follow each other (1817 Democracy in America)
• Conclusion of Walden
  • Thoreau goes to solitude because he hates conformity (sleeping morally)
  • Conformity= giving up individualism, right to chose and think
• The class takes a tiny break because the projector needs to be borrowed…
  • Thoreau wanted to get everything from himself, but that would be impossible, therefore he dives into books and art
  • Section 30: Thoreau is afraid of people following him & rebelling also because they will be conforming in some manner, to him.
  • Once Thoreau got used to the woods, he left
• We conform because we are social creatures and let’s face it, it’s less stressful.
• Being awake takes a lot of energy, awareness, and effort
• It is suggested that when you are tired, you should look for something new 7 seek divine inspiration
  • For example, when you are unconscious while writing 7 you wake up when it’s all over
  • Music (the muse is spirit, the whisper in your ear)
  • Wikipedia
• What makes us free from our animal nature are BOOKS! (seriously)

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