Evaluate one of the speeches you heard about a plan to erect a statue honoring the pioneers. Choose the speech you disagree with, and write a two- or three-paragraph rebuttal in the form of a letter to the editor.

Why does arthur morgan want to leave the town of blackwater and why did no one else escape except jhon and abigal

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Of the three selections you read in this lesson, discuss the one story or poem that you think most closely represents the transcendentalist way of thinking. include textual evidence from both short story or poem and emerson or thoreau's essay that you use as an example. you should have no less than eight to ten sentences.