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2 comments:
Thoreau creates a lot of repetition in order to emphasize his point. He is trying to convince us into living a simple life. One example he says is, "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" (Paragraph 2, sentence 3) Clearly he wants us to get only what we need. For example, instead of buying an Iphone, we could buy the cheapest cellphone, concluding that cellphones are just needed to call others. Another source of repetition that he uses is, "Let us rise early and fast, or breakfast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and children cry." (Paragraph 5 sentence 2) Again, he wants us to enjoy what we have and make the best of it. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not lamented.
As Norberto stated before, Thoreau emphasizes his point about people trying to simplify every aspect in life. Example 1: "Simplify, simplify." (Paragraph 2, Sentence 6) Just like a math division, the meals are simplified from three to one every day and everything else divided in different proportions. With this repetition, the reader can keep the word simplify in the mind when reading the sentence after.
Example 2: "it is error upon error, and clout upon clout..." This repetition shows the repetition of the mistakes that humans make, and there is error after error and clout wasted after clout to build the perfect house.
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