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SomeThoughtsOnThoreau 3 - 23 Feb 2010 - Main.AerinMiller
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 Some thoughts on the John Brown/Thoreau reading for 2/23 prior to our class discussion: Having read through Henry David Thoreau’s “A Plea for Captain John Brown” a few times over, I have finally decided what to make of it in the context of our course. The piece reads foremost as an elegy, literally a poem in prose form.
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  as the views could get.

Beyond the elegy, however, the piece also does some prolific

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<		social critique, and it is in this context that I find its relation to the concerns of Cohen, Holmes and Arnold. I have identified four major themes: (1) Brown as simple man, (2) Brown as diety/Cromwellian figure, (3) Brown as progressive thinker and finally (4) Brown as a reflection on contemporary society. Themes 1 and 2 are likely reflections of Thoreau’s personal interests and politics. They are critical in the elegy context, less so in his social critique. Theme three is touched on infrequently – I found it addressed in only three points in the text:
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>		social critique, and it is in this context that I find its relation to the concerns of Cohen, Holmes and Arnold. I have identified four major themes: (1) Brown as simple man, (2) Brown as diety/Cromwellian figure, (3) Brown as progressive thinker and finally (4) Brown as a reflection on contemporary society. Themes 1 and 2 are likely reflections of Thoreau’s personal interests and politics. They are critical in the elegy context, less so in his social critique. Theme three is touched on infrequently – I found it addressed in only four points in the text:
 
"Only three points" but four examples?

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