Thoreau’s reasons for moving to the woods are; to live in front of essential facts of life, to live sturdily and spartan like, to drive life to a corner, the purpose of thoreaus writing is to inform his journey of living in a cabin that he built in the woods. The lines 26-40 are talking about what thoreau why he is doing this, living by himself and what he hopes to gain from it.
a) when a friend says something surprising
I want to say that 1.) is C and 2.) is A I think and 3.) to be D
Good luck hope I don't srew u up and hope there right let me know if there not and what's the name of this story and have a good nite and hope u enjoy the rest of ur weekend
Answer:
Hard to say, as you only gave one sentence, but the sentence you provided is an okay example of figurative language.