determine two themes that Thoreau develops and then write
these themes and how Thoreau develops them with a summary of the text.
Theme 1: He speaks of the media, and how people are so
caught up in the stories of others that they do not care about things going on
for them. He says that he has never read any memorable news in a newspaper. He
goes on to say “if we read of one man robbed…. We never need read of another.”
Theme 2: Thoreau says “It is remarkable how easily and
insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for
ourselves.” In this, he highlights how people so often lean towards what is
familiar and what they are used to. He encourages people to break from
conformity and become an individual.
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