Civil Disobedience, The trancindentalist way! |
 Jul 30 2006, 07:19 PM
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I can't begin to describe how much I enjoy Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" essay. Has anyone read it? It's such an eye opener. I mean, there are some views experessed in it that I don't quite agree with. But still, this is definitely a work of literature to read. so... discuss? Anyone read it and whatnot? Whaddya thtink of it? Along those lines.
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Aug 7 2006, 12:02 AM
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omg you read that? jeez i like couldnt concentrate when i read that book i couldnt even get past the first page because i was so bored. lol i give you props for that
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Aug 9 2006, 05:30 PM
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I love that essay
I was on the edge of my... bed (was reading there) all throughout it. I can understand people being bored. Some difficult words there. Either them just being confusing ones, or old-style words. But I think once you start understanding it, you get the hang of the book and you get interested. |
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Aug 9 2006, 05:39 PM
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I've always been a fan of Walden and learned a lot about Thoreau stance against racism in social studies. I've only read a little tiny bit of "Civil Disobedience." Sounds great though
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Aug 9 2006, 10:09 PM
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QUOTE(LacesMcAwesome @ Aug 9 2006, 5:30 PM)  I love that essay I was on the edge of my... bed (was reading there) all throughout it. I can understand people being bored. Some difficult words there. Either them just being confusing ones, or old-style words. But I think once you start understanding it, you get the hang of the book and you get interested. i read the book and i could understand the "difficult words" i read it back when i was 13 thats why i was bored. |
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Aug 10 2006, 10:39 AM
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I'm thirteen.
Eh, guess some people just get interested in other things. |
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Aug 10 2006, 07:10 PM
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 Lauren :D Group: Member Posts: 2,105 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 176,997 |
I think it's just because Tyler's a nerd.
and uh, this is not spam! |
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Aug 12 2006, 04:26 PM
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<(- -)><(- - <)(>- -)><(- - )> Group: Member Posts: 646 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 400,609 |
QUOTE(swiftly_x_now @ Aug 10 2006, 7:10 PM) I think it's just because Tyler's a nerd.  yes LacesMcAwesome i do get interested in other things  . i give you your props on reading that book and i hope you got the significance of the book and you are currently helping out society because this book did inspire MLK and inspired me to!. 
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Feb 14 2007, 10:26 AM
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 Don't wake ghostie. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,546 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,405 |
Thoreau is one of my idols! I respect him so much! Civil Disobedience is such a well written essay. I adored it (even if it got a bit starch in places). I remember when I was assigned to read it, I couldn't stop!
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