Walden Ch.17 Spring

Walden Ch.17 Spring

1. End of Winter

   • Thoreau expresses that Walden was dead & is alive again
     • Symbolizes his own spiritual rebirth after Winter
   • Spring has come back & so has nature
     • Thoreau no longer has to spiritually endure
   • Walden pond's ice melts

2. Desparting

   • At the end of the chapter, Thoreau says that he leaves Walden
     • Why did he leave this "wonderful & beautiful" lifestyle?
     • Perhaps his life at Walden wasn't as great as he described

3. Nature

   • Thoreau notices & remarks much of the nature around him
   • He even finds symbolic meaning in a dead horse
     • The overflowing life of nature, that animals such as the horse can be sacrificed
     • Thoreau goes to even provide more examples
       • Herons consuming tadpoles, tortoises & toads being run over in the road by vehicles
     • He wants to express the power of nature, and how it surpasses our limits & expectations