Is it Possible to Be a Transcendentalist in our Modern World?

Do more research, watch more clips on YouTube about Julia Butterly Hill (this is the one we started), OR research someone completely different that you think reflects Transcendentalism. Then, defend your position using the additional information you discovered.

Paradoxes within Thoreau's mind

Choose one of these quotes to explain the truth with the paradox:

"I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was" (251).

OR

"I felt as if I alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax" (251).

Looking over pp. 138-150, list 2 quotes, then explain how they represent Thoreau's influence from Romanticism.

What is fundamentally Romantic about Walden?

After reading "from Letter from Birmingham City Jail"...

How do Thoreau's and Dr. King's views relate? Choose a quote from Dr. King and explain its connection to Thoreau's ideals in spending time at Walden Pond.