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Compare And Contrast Walden And Ain T I A Woman

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The story “Walden” is a personal writing by Henry David Thoreau about his life experience in the woods. The author moved away from society by relocating deep into the woods, living on what is necessary. Doing so in order to achieve living a simple life without the unwanted. About 5 years later, a speech was given by Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio Women's Right Convention. Expressing the idea to set in motion giving women equal rights as men. Both narratives from Thoreau and Truth establish a clear view on how they affected themselves as an individual and as a whole in society by being driven to do the unthinkable and is able to be outspoken about their findings. The writing by Thoreau expresses the idea of living life to the
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