what Walden was about

The message that is being sent out by Thoreau in his story Walden is live your own life, live life fully, and live with the time you have, don't waste it. He chooses to live out in the woods to live purposefully, to discover the facts of life, and to live a full life. Thoreau felt that men had chosen to live the common mode of living when really they thought that was there only choice on how to live. He believes that what a person says does not mean it is true, so don't do things with out proof. Thoreau sees old people as being useless for information and you have to figure things out for yourself. "To be awake is to be alive," is one of Thoreau's quotes saying how blessed we are to be alive and how we need to use it as an advantage of living. He points out that when you arise early you see things others do not. He refers to people, who work all day or stay home, as railroad ties and being ride upon by a train. This is saying that society is taking controll of us when we need to take controll of ourselves, we are not riding upon the railroad it is riding upon us. He also points out that we need to follow the beat of our own drummer and do what we desire. One of the things he learned from his life in the woods is that if you go in the direction of your dreams with confidence, and endure to live the life which you have imagined, you will get there with a unexpected amount of sucess and time.

Amanda Vocab Sentances

The torpid girl became fat and dropt out of school.
The tempestuous storm left millions with out homes.
The edifice of people made the girl faint on stage.
The decorous boy was excepted into a private school.
Every one left crying after hearing the eulogium of their grandfather.
The sagacious lawyer won the case.
The voluminous test made all the students stress.
The arduous sport had very few participates.
They accepted the first place trophy with alacrity.
They started the game with a languid attitude.

conclusion to hills like white elephants

Throughout the whole story the man and the women are talking about an operation,
the operation being an abortion.  The man is trying to talk the girl into getting
the operation because he does not want to be committed to the girl and also doesn't want
to feel guilty about leaving her if she keeps the baby.  Jig, the girl, has no idea
what she wants to do but she gets the idea that he is trying to talk her into getting
the operation and she gets the feeling that he is not going to stay with her. 
At this point in time having an abortion is illegal in america and not very safe but
the man is still trying to convince her.  He says he wants her to do what she wants to
do but yet he says that everything will be the same if she gets the operation. 
The girl sees keeping the baby as the side with shade, trees, and water and she
looks at getting rid of the  baby as the side with no trees and no shade but
the guy sees it in an opposite way.  The whole time the man acts as if the baby
is a health issue that needs an operation and at the end of the story he asks her
how she is feeling.  Jig says she feels fine and there is nothing wrong with her this
meaning she feels as if the baby is no problem and she doesn't need an operation to
feel better.