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My Contract with Henry," Beth learns about Henry David Thoreau's life and ideas. Write a narrative from Beth's point of view as she tries to explain to her mother what it means to live life according to Thoreau's ideas

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Beth saw Thoreau as a great tutor for life and so. That's because she saw, in Thoreau's words, a great teaching about how people should live, not only in relation to transcendentality and love of nature, but because she saw that Thoreau's ideas showed the guidelines for having an independent life, without chains that bind you to superfluous concepts and that have no real importance to promote a good life. She also believes that Thoreau teaches her how to live a reflective life based on her own concepts, because no one knows an individual, like himself. These are the thoughts Beth wants to pass on to her mother.

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