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Host LJ: Brightest day ever, Hi I’m LJ, and this is Mare anong latest (Marites). Where you can
get some tea, juices, and information about America’s more profound literature history.

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Host LJ: I’m pleased that I’m here right now, mumbling words that can help you to broaden
your knowledge about the phenomenal man in the history of America. As we are discussing his
life, works, and legacy.

Host LJ: I am with these amazing people who are currently studying at Northeastern College as
third-year English students they are our future educators; please welcome them. Ms. Chocayag,
Renalyn Ms. Gamiz, Angelica Mr. Ling-oy, David Jess and Ms. Mateo, Lucy Claire

Host: let’s dive more depth into the man who makes noise after his death. Can you guess who he
is? Did he make a difference? What is he known for? And what kind of point of view is he
implying? Does he imply vivid metaphor?

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Host: The man behind those questions is no other than David Henry Thoreau.

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Host: What do you know about Henry David Thoreau?

Renalyn: What I know about Henry David Thoreau is that he is an American Philosopher poet,
and environmental scientist and he was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1817 and died there
in 1862. He lived a simple and relatively quiet life, making his living briefly as a teacher and
pencil maker but mainly as a land surveyor. During his lifetime, he published only two books
and numerous shorter essays that were first delivered as lectures.

David: Yes, and he is the third child of a feckless small businessman named John Thoreau and
his bustling wife, Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau. Though his family moved the following year, they
returned in 1823. Even when he grew ambivalent about the village after reaching adulthood, he
never grew ambivalent about its lovely setting of woodlands, streams, and meadows.

Angelica: Did you also know that in 1828 his parents sent him to Concord Academy, where he
impressed his teachers and so was permitted to prepare for college. Upon graduating from the
academy, he entered Harvard University in 1833. There he was a good student, but he was
indifferent to the rank system and preferred to use the school library for his own purposes.
Graduating in the middle ranks of the class of 1837, Thoreau searched for a teaching job and
secured one at his old grammar school in Concord. 
Lucy: And just like us, he also had his best friend who settled in Concord during Thoreau’s
sophomore year at Harvard, and by the autumn of 1837 they were becoming friends. He is no
other than, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson also sensed in Thoreau a true disciple—that is, one
with so much Emerson self-reliance that he would still be his own man. And did you know that
Thoreau saw in Emerson not just a friend but also a guide and a father.

Host: Yes! That’s right! Undoubtedly Thoreau has been through a lot of things in his early life.
And this leads me to a question.  Why is Thoreau different from others? As he quotes: “If a man
does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let
him step to the music which he hears, however, measured or far away.”

(ADDITIONAL INFOS AND SUMMARY ABOUT THE LIFE OF HENRY DAVID)

Host: Henry David Thoreau, The Great: We can dive deeper into the following information:

1. Dismissed as an idler, and a drifter and a minor writer and a wasted Harvard graduate,
and almost forgotten in his day, and yet in our day, he is one of few writers who deserve
the appellation “great.”
2. He put into practice principles of plain living and high thinking.
3. His journal of nearly 7000 pages transcribed his daily thoughts, observations, readings,
and encounters with nature and men.

Host: Here is the bullet type of his lifetime: 

1. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, July 12, 1817
2. In Harvard College in 1833, and graduated in 1837 as one of the honor students
3. Opened a school, where he taught with his brother John
4. 1839, made a trip on Concord and Merrimack rivers with John
5. Helped Emerson edit The Dial and tutored Emerson’s children
6. In March 1845 (when 28) began to work on a cabin at Walden Pond, and on July 4, moved
into the Walden cabin
7. 1846, arrested for nonpayment of the poll tax
8. Published Walden on August 9, 1856
9. Met Walt Whitman in Brooklyn 1856
10. In 1860, he contracted the cold that led to his fatal illness and died in Concord on May 6,
1862
11. In 1906, 20 volumes of Thoreau’s writings were published, including 14 volumes of his
journal

Host: That’s it for the background of Henry David Thoreau. Sit back and relax because we’ll be
right back in few seconds.

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Host: And now were back with a blast! I will be conducting a quiz bee regarding the biography
and notable works of Henry David Thoreau. To our competitive participants, brace yourselves!
Because in about few minutes, I will be revealing the stirring questions.

(QUIZ MO TO!)

1. It was the first work of Henry David Thoreau

 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, was still a work in progress in 1845, when
he went to live in the woods by Walden Pond for two years and two months. This
“experiment” in living on the outskirts of town was an intensive time of examination for
Thoreau, as he drew close to nature and contemplated the final ends of his own life, which
was otherwise at risk of ending in quiet desperation. 

2. A work that almost defies categorization: it is a work of narrative prose which often soars
to poetic heights, combining philosophical speculation with close observation of a concrete
place.

Walden (1854)  has been admired by a larger world audience than any other book written by
an American author, and—whether or not it ought to be called a work of philosophy—it
contains a substantial amount of philosophical content, which deserves to be better
appreciated than it has been.

3. It was the most powerful and influential political essay, exalts the law of conscience over civil
law.

Civil Disobedience (1849)

4. It distils the essence of Thoreau's philosophy of self-reliance and individualism.

Life without Principle (1854)

5. It is a searing attack on government condonation of slavery.

Slavery in Massachusetts (1854)

6. It is an eloquent defense of the radical abolitionist

A Plea for Captain John Brown (1854)

7. It celebrates the joys of that activity and pleads for conservation of the earth's wild places.
The latter essay is recognized as one of the pioneer documents in the conservation and national
park movement in America. (

Walking (1851)
8. It a captivating portrait of the largely unexplored region in the mid-1800s. Rich with
the naturalistic detail that is common with Thoreau's writing, readers will delight in
the exquisiteness with which Thoreau relates his experiences in nature.

The Maine Woods published posthumously in 1864 and based on Henry David
Thoreau's lengthy experiences in the forests of Maine on three separate occasions in
1846, 1853, and 1857.185

9. Thoreau's classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips in the early 1850s.

Like his most famous work, Walden, Cape Cod is full of Thoreau's unique perceptions and
precise descriptions. But it is also full of his own joy and wonder at having stumbled across a
new frontier so close to home, where a man may stand and "put all America behind him." (1851)

10. It has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never
forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format
for present and future generations. 

Canoeing in the wilderness

HOST: And yes our quiz master is no other than..

I hope you all became well-versed about the notable works of Henry David Thoreau. Sit back
and relax because we’ll be right back again with another segment in few seconds.

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Host: Did you know that there are fun facts about Henry David Thoreau? Let us call our Marites
to equip us about these facts. Mare anong latest?

RENALYN
1. An Average student & Mr. Individualist
David is an average student at Concord Academy. Despite being average, he got into
Harvard College (now Harvard University) in 1833, wherein he was called an
individualist.

Explanation: He believed in the individualistic ideal of self-cultivation

Claim: In current society, individuality is discouraged because many people want

to fit in, so they dress, think, and act the same as the people around them.
However, individuality should be embraced, not avoided.
 Source: Madison, C. A. (1944). Henry David Thoreau: Transcendental
Individualist. Ethics, 54(2), 110-123.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/290383?journalCode=et

LUCY

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson is his close friend who assists and supports him.
Supporting Explanations:
 Emerson helped him to connect in New York City literature.
 In 1845 he built a small house in Emerson's property at Walden Pond.
 He was closed to Emerson's family. In 1847, he stayed in Emerson's
house, but most of the time, he remained in Walden.
 He entitled one of his books Walden.
 He wrote for a magazine called “Dial.” Emerson was the editor of the
magazine.

Source: Thoreau, H. D. (1906). The Writings of Henry David Thoreau:

Walden (Vol. 2). Houghton, Mifflin.
https://books.google.com.ph/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=1wDu1J7gqEoC&oi=fnd&pg=PR15&dq=Henry+David+Thoreau
+Walden&ots=byidR0gLDL&sig=3fObq2mKVT9tCYDV7n3QTqZKfTA&redir
_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Henry%20David%20Thoreau%20Walden&f=false
DAVID
3. Associated with abolitionist organization and against slavery.

Claim: "It is never too late to give up your prejudices."

Source: Ford, N. A. (1946). Henry David Thoreau, Abolitionist. New England
Quarterly, 359-371.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/361971

FUNNY FACTS
ANGELICA
1. Fish & hundred of acres
 Did you know that he accidentally burnt around a hundred to three hundred acres
of land? He was cooking fish, and because of the strong winds, the fire spread.
Neighbors called him “rascal” and “wood burner” because of this incident.
2. Twin Lover
 He and his brother ended up loving the same girl, Ellen Seawall. However, she
rejected both of them, when they proposed. Historians think that Ellen refused
 because her family didn’t like the liberal views on Christianity that the Thoreau
family had.

RENALYN
3. Mr. Thorough
 Henry’s friends called him “Mr. Thorough”.
As of today, it is a common practice to pronounce his last name with
second syllable emphasis, it turns out that he himself used to pronounce it
as ‘THOR-oh’. This means that the emphasis was actually on the first
syllable.

LUCY
4. Collections
Henry collected local plants, animal skulls, birds’ nests, Native American
relics, rocks and minerals and more for his “attic museum” in his parents’
house.

5. Musketaquid
Henry named his boat “Musketaquid,” the Native American word for the
place where the water flows through the grasses.
DAVID

Facts about His Death

1. “moose” and “Indian.”
 Henry’s final words were “moose” and “Indian.”

2. a trip to Minnesota
 In the last year of his life, Henry took a trip to Minnesota hoping it would cure
his tuberculosis. He returned early, however, in worse condition than when he
left.

3. cemetery
 Henry is buried near the Emersons, Hawthornes and Alcotts in a part of the
Sleepy Hollow cemetery in Concord called Author’s Ridge.

HOST: That’s it for the fun facts about the life of Henry David Thoreau. I hope that you’ve
learned a lot about these facts.

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KUYA: MGA MARITES HOUSEMATES…

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KUYA: Housemates…pumasok kayo sa aking confession room.

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KUYA: Housemates, what did you learn about the life of Henry David Thoreau?

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KUYA: Now that you’ve answered my question. Makakalis na kayo sa aking bahay,

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