Read this section from Walden to identify and analyze the ideas of the passage and answer the follow-up questions. Why should we
live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow. As for work, we haven’t any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus’ dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. If I should only give a few pulls at the parish bell-rope, as for a fire, that is, without setting the bell, there is hardly a man on his farm in the outskirts of Concord, notwithstanding that press of engagements which was his excuse so many times this morning, nor a boy, nor a woman, I might almost say, but would forsake all and follow that sound, not mainly to save property from the flames, but, if we will confess the truth, much more to see it burn, since burn it must, and we, be it known, did not set it on fire--or to see it put out, and have a hand in it, if that is done as handsomely; yes, even if it were the parish church itself. CA-CCSS: CA.RI.11-12.3 Part A Which of the following statements further builds upon the idea of simplicity? Things are happening so quickly that we can no longer account for the smaller details in life. We’re so busy paying attention to small things that we can’t even respond to huge fires in our communities. Sometimes we worry too much about the future that we overprepare and end up wasting time and energy. We should take care to look after our own interests before we race off to save the community. Part B Which sentence or phrase from the passage best supports your answer? Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow. As for work, we haven’t any of any consequence. We have the Saint Vitus’ dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. There is hardly a man on his farm. . . but would forsake all and follow that sound, not mainly to save property from the flames, but, if we will confess the truth, much more to see it burn.
