English Essay

Essay 2 – Walden Analysi

For this assignment, you will write a 750+-word, literary analysis on Walden.

In a well-developed, organized, and thesis-driven essay, please respond to one or more of the following ideas:

  • Analyze Thoreau’s views on labor and connect it to others from the book.
  • OR

  • Analyze Thoreau’s views on wealth and connect it to others from the book.
  • OR

  • Identify passages where Thoreau mentions Nature. Connect these quotations and explicate your understanding of Thoreau’s view/purpose of the nature world.
  • Using correct MLA format, you will need to first introduce your reader to Thoreau’s main ideas on your selected topic. Remember to start your introduction with a hook followed by an overview and/or historical/contemporary presentation of your ideas. You must also use 2-3 additional sources to support your thesis and argument from the book