Humanities is a course that uses a wide variety of literary, historical, and cultural readings to discuss what is means to be human. In this class, we participate in essay writing, group projects, and class discussions based on the material we are covering, to examine how the definitions and understandings of “humanity” have changed over time.
Walden is a 1854 book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau believed that living simply was the key to being happy, and to test this, he went to live by himself in the woods. Walden is his testimony of his experiences there. Attached above is my reactions and opinions to the different chapters of Walden. This assignment was particularly enjoyable because I already had prior knowledge to Thoreau. This allowed me to focus and knitpick the details he said, as Thoreau is known for saying some intense and hot ideas that spark interesting debate.
After reading Walden, we were tasked with writing a skit on Thoreau and Walden. Our skit is an inside out inspired deep dive into Thoreau and his emotions while living at Walden pond. We had four emotions: sadness, anger, insanity, and arrogance. These were the emotions we felt best described Thoreau.