SPRING

SPRING

1. As he had anticipated, winter finally passed

   • The ice began to thaw and break up audibly
     • Thoreau, as well, began to thaw and feel his spirituality becoming more lively
       • This excited him very much

2. Walden pond took the longest of all ponds to melt, but did not take that long

   • Thoreau takes temperature readings of the water in different parts of each pond
     • He did this show how ice in shallow waters breaks quicker than deeper waters

3. A part of nature's thaw from winter to spring occurred in the railroad bank that rand alone a side of the pond

   • He enjoyed watching the sand and clay flowing down the bank like lava
     • It ran in various forms and sometimes looked like blood vessels and sometimes looked lie leaves
       • Thoreau believed this was nature's way of showing new life and that the patterns are nature's master pattern
         • He compared these pattern's to the human body, finding they are similar

4. He felt like the world was being reborn

   • Thoreau feels deeply as though he was a part of this thawing/rebirth process
     • He found many examples of nature's rebirth such as the first sparrow of spring as well as hawks
       • The geese also returned and even startled Thoreau
       • He also pays attention the vegetation, such as the pitch-pines and shrub-oaks becoming greener

5. Thoreau believes spring can teach men forgiveness and how to treat each other well

   • He also believes spring proves immortality
     • Also that nature can make someone feel alive again
       • After two years and two months, Thoreau leaves Walden