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The Norton anthology American Literature

Introduction

In "Economy" what does Thoreau describe as "necessaries" of life, what are the un "necessaries"?

Economy is the most important and also the longest in Walden, although Thoreau by himself has provided partition s inside the Economy. Where economy has been a philosophical part of the book, where has discussed about the working conditions, trade, business, work, power, wealth and also the dilemma of the poor. Thoreau has described all these sources that result in economy. There is a lot of importance placed by Thoreau on this topic that should also be seen as a substitute to the “Communist Manifesto”. Thoreau is been observed to be very anti-capitalistic and revolutionary just like Karl Marx, but the solutions of Thoreau depends on the acts of person rather than the action of the mobs and armies. Although the economy can be observed as a sarcastic or an ironic title because money is the only and the last thing that Thoreau is interested in. where he also states that “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone”, once Thoreau is understood, we can identify that “rich” refer to have the chance for intellectual and spiritual gains and it deals with the cash that is in the bank rather than self-actualization. In the chapter economy, he defines economy with the materialistic phrase to deal with the values that are non-materialist that makes fun of the process of the capitalists. Where he truly represents that the reason because of which he moved to Walden was merely an economic venture and capitalists because Walden is an ideal port, where he also provides the tables of his expenses and earnings to boot.

Has a man become a slave?

Christianity is a religion based on values of love, respect, forgiveness, and understanding, and the Bible is the book from which those values are taught. Frederick Douglass, born into slavery, was a prominent figure in the fight to abolish slavery, and a great speech giver. In his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass centrals his argument around Christianity to bring to light the sham under which his audience resides, and makes numerous references to the Bible to support his claim.

It has been, and still is to this day, said that the United States of America was built upon a ...