Making Connections

  1. Imagine that Bill McKibben (p. 759) and Annie Dillard (p. 785) could respond to “A Short History of America” by Robert Crumb (p. 783). What might each of them say?

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    Making Connections: - Imagine that Bill McKibben (p. 759) and Annie Dillard (p. 785) could respond to “A Short History of America” by Robert Crumb (p. 783). What might each of them say?
  2. Compare and contrast the perspectives on Thoreau presented by McKibben and William Powers (p. 795).

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    Making Connections: - Compare and contrast the perspectives on Thoreau presented by McKibben and William Powers (p. 795).
  3. Compare and contrast E. B. White’s (p. 779) and E. O. Wilson’s (p. 788) “letters” to Thoreau. Which one do you prefer? Why?

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    Making Connections: - Compare and contrast E. B. White’s (p. 779) and E. O. Wilson’s (p. 788) “letters” to Thoreau. Which one do you prefer? Why?
  4. Sue Monk Kidd (p. 793) writes about “her Thoreau experiment”; Powers discusses “the Walden experiment”; Ken Ilgunas (p. 802) writes about his “Thoreauvian van-dwelling experiment.” What is the significance of the word choice in each case?

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    Making Connections: - Sue Monk Kidd (p. 793) writes about “her Thoreau experiment”; Powers discusses “the Walden experiment”; Ken Ilgunas (p. 802) writes about his “Thoreauvian van-dwelling experiment.” What is the significance of the word choice in each case?
  5. In two different places in her essay, Dillard deliberately evokes Thoreau’s Walden. Identify the passages and discuss their effect on her meaning.

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    Making Connections: - In two different places in her essay, Dillard deliberately evokes Thoreau’s Walden. Identify the passages and discuss their effect on her meaning.
  6. Compare Kidd and Ilgunas on their ideas of “doing nothing.”

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    Making Connections: - Compare Kidd and Ilgunas on their ideas of “doing nothing.”
  7. Compare the perspectives of Wilson, Kidd, and Powers. What ideas do they share? How do they differ?

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    Making Connections: - Compare the perspectives of Wilson, Kidd, and Powers. What ideas do they share? How do they differ?