Today I’m here to answer a simple question: Would Walden have been a better book, had Thoreau explained his background and his past life to add context to his experiment? I’m going to explore this idea, and why I think that adding context would not have made Walden a better book. Walden is a bit …
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E9#135: Thoreau and the Division of Labor
Thoreau, in his book, Walden, had some critical beliefs about the division of labor. He claimed to be independent of it during his time on Walden Pond; yet, if you actually read the text, then you will see that Thoreau was, in fact, quite keen on using tools and the like that he purchased from …
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E9#130: Using Contrast
Northup uses a lot of contrast in his book, Twelve Years a Slave. There are several ways to incorporate contrast into your writing similarly to Northup. You either want to contrast entire entities, or specific qualities of those entities. I’m going to talk about how Northup uses contrast in his book, and how you can …