Into+the+Wild+and+Trans.

=Into the Wild and Transcendentalism=

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Section 1:
- Independence -Essentials of Life -Live Life to the Fullest -To Guide -"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like" -"For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to 'glorify God and enjoy him forever....'"
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Section 2:
-People shouldn't go through life with their eyes closed -Humans are too distracted by materialistic objects -Thoreau believed that someday the "sleepers" will one day wake up and appreciate life. - "Our life is frittered away by detail." - "Still we live meanly, like ants, though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men."
 * Key Principles:**
 * -**Man should focus on nature, not technology
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Section 3:
- People are too rushed and hurried that they waste life's time. - People are too focused on and distracted by things that dont concern them. They focus too much on whats to come instead of the present. - People overwork and overthink, not taking time to slow down and embrace the moment. - People should embrace the nature around them and focus on truth and self-development. -People should focus on the task at hand instead of trying to complete the next one before its presented. - "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry." - "... give a few pulls at the parish bell-rope, as for the fire, that is without setting the bell... if we will confess the truth, much more to see it burn, since burn it must..."
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Section 4:
-People shouldn't let the little things get to them. -People need to stop judging people and look for the meaning of life. -People should live life to the fullest. -As people go through life, they see limitations and don't realize the importance of what is surrounding them. -"Let us spend one day as deliberately as nature, and not to be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails." -"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is."
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Section 5:
-Don't get caught up in everyday life and technology. Focus on the essentials and be one with nature. -Don't follow the opinions, prejudice, and delusion of the world as it corrupts people and covers the world. -The world can corrupt people. Children can have a better understanding due to the innocence and wonder that they have of the world. - Don't focus on how other people live their life, focus on you or you will end up living a shallow life. "I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born." "With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way tied to the mast like Ulysses."
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Chapters 1 - 4 Assignments

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