Transcendentalism+Journal+Topics

Journal 1: How did you experience nature over your break? At least ½ a page Journal 2: Thoreau decided to uproot his life by abandoning society and moving into a wooden shack in the woods. What do you think he hoped to gain from this experience? How can you relate to Thoreau’s decision? Journal 3: What is the purpose of poetry? Why do you think that people write poetry? What does it say about our society? Journal 4: “O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless. Of the cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer: that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” What will your verse be.