A terrible piece of work, simply just a series of typing out words. This piece of text is very uninteresting and it is as if I was talking to an immature adult complaining about life instead of doing something about it.
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Amy Apr 3, 2026
I have read this essay multiple times and there is a lot to unpack. I think she’s asking what it would be like if humans cut out some of our modern anxiety over our purpose in life, and focused on one thing and pursued it, like a wild animal uses its instincts to survive. I especially loved the imagery in the ending – where she talks about letting what we hold onto in life carry us aloft, higher than the eagles. It helped me to know that the author did her thesis on Walden Pond as a place where heaven and earth meets. She’s definitely looking to find and highlight the “spiritual” dimensions and miracles in nature.
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