Q Thoreau "Walking" questions forum Henry Thoreau (for more about the author, see (https://www.walden.org/what-we-do/library/thoreau/)is considered one of the very finest writers America has ever had. His essays and book Walden have many utopian overtones. 1. How is the essay you're reading for this week, entitled "Walking," utopian? Thoreau has been considered a visionary in some circles. Do you see the subjects he discusses as pertinent today? 2. Discuss the ending of this essay. What makes this ending so successful? 3. If style is a distinctive handprint of techniques that sets writers apart from one another, what is Thoreau's style through this piece? Some of his favorite weapons include chiasmus, paradox, metaphor, simile, and personification. Choose one passage from the essay which uses one of these techniques and discuss its success at doing so. 4. What is the thesis of this essay? It may be implied. 5. The term "essay" comes from the French verb "essai," meaning, "to try," and the originator of the form was Montaigne, a French author who liked to experiment with writing and "try" various ideas on the page. Does Thoreau's essay experiment or try various ideas in the same way as Montaigne? What are some of the experiments he tries in this essay? Some general notes about posts: Posts are worth a total of ten points, and I will grade them according to the following rubric: 2 points: post fully answers all questions asked in prompts 2 points: post is free of grammatical and mechanical errors 2 points: post is developed(suggested length of 300 words) yet concise and features quoted material and actual connections/ideas from the text in question 2 points: post features original ideas and elaborations from the writer 2 points: writer responds to two other postings from classmates