CommentonWaldenIn1845,Thoreaudecidedtoconductanexperimentofself-sufficiencybybuildinghisownhouseontheshoresofWaldenPondandlivingoffthefoodhegrewonhisfarm.Hesoughttoreducehisphysicalneedstoaminimum,inordertofreehimselfforstudy,thought,andobservationofnature,himself.Waldencanbemanythingsandcanbereadonmorethanonelevel.Butitis,firstandforemost,abookaboutman,whatheis,andwhatheshouldbeandmustbe.Consideredoneoftheall-timegreatbooks,WaldenisarecordofThoreau'stwoyearexperimentoflivingatWaldenPond.Thewriter'schiefemphasisisonthesimplificationsandenjoymentoflifenow.Itisregardedas1.anaturebook.2.ado-it-yourselfguidetosimplelife.3.asatiricalcriticismofmodernlifeandliving.4.abelletristicachievement5.aspiritualbook.TheScarletLetterSymbolicmeaningoftheletter“A”:1.Thescarletletter“A”isthecentralsymbolofthenovel.AtthebeginningitsymbolizedthesinofHester—“adultery”,2.thengraduallywhenHesterbecameacceptedbythecommunity,itstandsforHester’sintelligenceanddiligence—“able”.3.AttheendofthenovelthesymbolhasevolvedtorepresentthehighvirtuesofHesterPrynne—“angel”.CommentsonTheScarletLetter:1.Thethemeofthestoryshouldbethemoral,emotionalandpsychologicaleffectsofthesinonpeople.2.ScarletLetterisaculturalallegory,inwhichtheauthorindirectlytellsthefutureofPuritanism.3.ScarletLetterisasampleinwhichAmericanRomanticismadapteditselftoAmericanPuritanism.(BecauseofthestronginfluenceofPuritanisminAmericansociety,Hawthorneonlyexpressedhisideasonthesinindirectlybyemployingsymbolism.)SymbolisminthenovelMobyDickA.thevoyageitselfisametaphorfor“searchanddiscovery,thesearchfortheultimatetruthofexperience.”B.thePequodistheshipoftheAmericansoulandconsciousness.C.MobyDickisasymbolofeviltosome,ofgoodnesstoothers,andofbothtostillothers.D.ThewhitenessofMobyDickisaparadoxicalcolor,signifyingdeathandcorruptionaswellaspurity,innocenceandyouth;itrepresentsthefinalmysteryoftheuniverse.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnSetting:unpopulatedwildnessanadenseforestalongMississippiRiverCharacters:1.Ignorantuneducatedblacks