Walden Chapter 12: Brute Neighbors

Walden Chapter 12: Brute Neighbors

1. Thoreau talks with his friend the Hermit who also lives in the woods about fishing together.

   • He then explains how animals are all beasts of burden.
     • He admires animals for being wild and living freely in nature.

2. Thoreau notices a "war" between two groups of ants, red on one side and black on the other.

   • Compares them to warriors.
   • He is horrified as if he witnessed a human battle.