Question

From Excerpt from Walden "Where I lived and what I lived for".
PART B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?

A
“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” ( Paragraph 2)
B
“Men think that it is essential that the Nation have commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph, and ride thirty miles an hour” ( Paragraph 2)
C
“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.” ( Paragraph 3)
D
“Hardly a man takes a half-hour’s nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, ‘What’s the news?’” ( Paragraph 3)
E
“For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.” ( Paragraph 4)
F
“Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man.” ( Paragraph 6

Answer 1

Answer:

“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” ( Paragraph 2)

“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.” ( Paragraph 3)

Explanation:

Where I lived and what I lived for was written by Henry David Thoreau and it was written in 1854. The main theme and message of this was to teach man to make the most of each and every moment in life.

Life of people is very fast these days, we should take out some time for our selves and enjoy the moments of life and also take time to appreciate about the simplicity of the nature.

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Answer 2

“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.”

Option (A) and (C).

Explanation:

• The excerpt has been taken from where I lived and what I lived which has been written by Henry David.
• The author is talking about the significance of life. These days life has become so busy and fast.
• We crave for extravagance in our life and do not appreciate simplicity anymore.
• The simple and small things are the beauty of life and life should be spent in a simple and elegant way.