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?” as if the rest of mankind had stood his sentinels [soldiers]. Which best describes the “man” Thoreau refers to in the excerpt?
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Thoreau has described the man as a person who must have the most updated news at all times.
He has a peculiar habit of waking up after dinner and asking for some fresh news.
This irritates others because he is behaving like a general talking to his soldiers.
Here Thoreau is expressing his feelings and thoughts during his 1 year stay in the natural world.
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